Unscramble fouls

Definition of foul

adjective:

• highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell", "distasteful language", "a loathsome disease", "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me", "revolting food", "a wicked stench". Synonyms: disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repellent, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky.
• offensively malodorous; "a foul odor", "the kitchen smelled really funky". Synonyms: fetid, foetid, foul-smelling, funky, ill-scented, noisome, smelly, stinking.
• violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter", "used foul means to gain power", "a nasty unsporting serve", "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior". Synonyms: cheating, dirty, unsporting, unsportsmanlike.
• (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines. Antonyms: fair.
• (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy". Synonyms: dirty, marked-up.
• characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth", "foul language", "smutty jokes". Synonyms: cruddy, filthy, nasty, smutty.
• disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; "as filthy as a pigsty", "a foul pond", "a nasty pigsty of a room". Synonyms: filthy, nasty.
• especially of a ship's lines etc; "with its sails afoul", "a foul anchor". Synonyms: afoul, fouled.

noun:

• an act that violates the rules of a sport.

verb:

• hit a foul ball.
• make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake". Synonyms: contaminate, pollute.
• become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall", "The water pipe is backed up". Synonyms: back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, congest. Antonyms: unclog.
• commit a foul; break the rules.
• spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it". Synonyms: befoul, defile, maculate.
• make unclean; "foul the water".
• become soiled and dirty.

Related words

block, hack, infect, lug, silt, stuff, taint, technical.

Words nearby

afoul, foal, foil, fool, four, fowl, ful, soul.

Rhymes with

afoul, cowl, fowl, growl, howl, jowl, owl, prowl, scowl, towel.