foul
noun
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an act that violates the rules of a sport
Types & categories
- infringement hypernym
- foul ball hyponym
- personal foul hyponym
- technical foul hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
hit a foul ball
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
a disgusting smell
Related & opposite
- offensiveness derivation
- loathsomeness derivation
- disgustingness derivation
- skank derivation
- repulse derivation
- disgust derivation
- offensive similar to
Sense 4 verb
make impure
The industrial wastes polluted the lake
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- contamination derivation
- polluter derivation
- contamination derivation
- befoulment derivation
- pollution derivation
- contaminant derivation
- pollutant derivation
- contaminative derivation
Sense 5 adjective
offensively malodorous
a foul odor
Related & opposite
- noisomeness derivation
- olfactory property derivation
- malodorousness derivation
- malodorous similar to
Sense 6 verb
become or cause to become obstructed
The leaves clog our drains in the Fall
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- unclog antonym
- clog derivation
- backup derivation
- over-crowding derivation
- congestive derivation
Sense 7 adjective
violating accepted standards or rules
a dirty fighter
Related & opposite
Sense 8 verb
commit a foul; break the rules
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- foul derivation
Sense 9 adjective
(of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
Related & opposite
- fair antonym
- baseball domain topic
- out-of-bounds similar to
Sense 10 verb
spot, stain, or pollute
The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it
Types & categories
- dishonor hypernym
Related & opposite
- spotting derivation
- macule derivation
- polluter derivation
- befoulment derivation
Sense 11 adjective
(of a manuscript) defaced with changes
foul (or dirty) copy
Related & opposite
- illegible similar to
Sense 12 verb
make unclean
foul the water
Types & categories
- soil hypernym
Sense 13 adjective
characterized by obscenity
had a filthy mouth
Related & opposite
- pornography derivation
- cattiness derivation
- filthiness derivation
- smuttiness derivation
- vulgarism derivation
- dirty similar to
Sense 14 verb
become soiled and dirty
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Sense 15 adjective
disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
as filthy as a pigsty
Related & opposite
Sense 16 adjective
especially of a ship's lines etc
with its sails afoul
Related & opposite
- tangled similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | foul |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | foul |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | sport |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | infringement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | foul ball |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | personal foul |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | technical foul |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | foul |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | baseball |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hit |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | foul out |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | offensiveness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | loathsomeness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | disgustingness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | skank |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | repulse |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | disgust |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | offensive |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | contamination |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | polluter |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | contamination |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | befoulment |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pollution |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | contaminant |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pollutant |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | contaminative |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | soil |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | taint |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | noisomeness |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | olfactory property |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | malodorousness |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | malodorous |
| 6 | antonym | Related & opposite | unclog |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | clog |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | backup |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | over-crowding |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | congestive |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | obturate |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | gum up |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | crap up |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | choke up |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | silt |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | foulness |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | unfair |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | foul |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | play |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | hack |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | hack |
| 9 | antonym | Related & opposite | fair |
| 9 | domain topic | Related & opposite | baseball |
| 9 | similar to | Related & opposite | out-of-bounds |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | spotting |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | macule |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | polluter |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | befoulment |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | dishonor |
| 11 | similar to | Related & opposite | illegible |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | soil |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | pornography |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | cattiness |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | filthiness |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | smuttiness |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | vulgarism |
| 13 | similar to | Related & opposite | dirty |
| 14 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 15 | derivation | Related & opposite | nastiness |
| 15 | derivation | Related & opposite | soil |
| 15 | similar to | Related & opposite | dirty |
| 16 | similar to | Related & opposite | tangled |