Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: foulness
IPA transcription: [f'aʊlnəs]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: malodorousness, stinkiness, foulness, rankness, fetidness
    Meaning: the attribute of having a strong offensive smell
  • Synonyms: foulness, raininess
    Meaning: (of weather) the badness of the weather; "they were wearied with the foulness of the weather"
  • Synonyms: filth, filthiness, foulness, nastiness
    Meaning: a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
  • Synonyms: foulness
    Meaning: disgusting wickedness and immorality; "he understood the foulness of sin"; "his display of foulness deserved severe punishment"; "mouths which speak such foulness must be cleansed"
Usage examples
  • And as for me, said Sir Launcelot, I promise you upon this book that an I may meet with him, either with fairness or foulness I shall bring him to this court, or else I shall die therefore.