Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: foul
IPA transcription: [f'aʊl]
Pronunciations of foul
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky
    Meaning: 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: fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking, ill-scented
    Meaning: offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"
  • Synonyms: cheating(a), dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike
    Meaning: violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: foul
    Meaning: an act that violates the rules of a sport
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: foul
    Meaning: hit a foul ball
  • Synonyms: pollute, foul, contaminate
    Meaning: make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
Usage examples
  • Only they are not called foul blows.
  • "Perhaps you committed the foul deeds yourself."
  • Obstinate's foul tongue has almost made Pliable a Christian.
  • Fair and legitimate means were therefore laid aside, and a foul policy adopted.
  • A foul blue cloud of cigarette smoke rose from the mass and hung in the thick air.
  • Dummy boards of directors and fake accountings are not foul blows of the fist under the belt.
  • Almost every businessman is trying to get the better of some other business man by fair means or foul."
  • The ways were foul and narrow; the shops and houses wretched; the people half-naked, drunken, slipshod, ugly.
  • It's a foul thing to bring such an accusation up against a man who has lived a spotless life for thirty years.
  • I answered with some foul insult by way of thanks, and so we parted, and I set off towards the bungalow village.
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