Main Entry: 1foul
Pronunciation: 'fau(&)l
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ful; akin to Old High German ful rotten, Latin pus pus, putEre to stink, Greek pyon pus
1 a : offensive to the senses : LOATHSOME b : filled or covered with offensive matter
2 : full of dirt or mud
3 a : morally or spiritually odious : DETESTABLE b : notably unpleasant or distressing : WRETCHED, HORRID
4 : OBSCENE, ABUSIVE
5 a : being wet and stormy b : obstructive to navigation
6 dialect British : HOMELY, UGLY
7 a : TREACHEROUS, DISHONORABLE b : constituting an infringement of rules in a game or sport
8 : containing marked-up corrections
9 : encrusted, clogged, or choked with a foreign substance
10 : being odorous and impure : POLLUTED
11 : placed in a situation that impedes physical movement : ENTANGLED
12 : being outside the foul lines in baseball
synonym see DIRTY
- foul·ly /'fau(l)-lE/ adverb
- foul·ness noun

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