单词 | foul |
例句 | foul adjective 1.•a foul stench:disgusting, revolting, repulsive, repugnant, abhorrent, loathsome, offensive, sickening, nauseating, nauseous, stomach-churning, stomach-turning, distasteful, obnoxious, objectionable, odious, noxious, vomitous | informal ghastly, gruesome, gross, putrid, yucky, skanky, beastly | literary miasmic, noisome, mephitic. ANT fragrant. 2.•a pile of foul laundry:dirty, filthy, mucky, grimy, grubby, muddy, muddied, unclean, unwashed | squalid, sordid, soiled, sullied, scummy | rotten, defiled, decaying, putrid, putrefied, smelly, fetid | informal cruddy, yucky, icky | rare feculent. ANT clean. 3.•he had been foul to her:unkind, malicious, mean, nasty, unpleasant, unfriendly, spiteful, cruel, vicious, base, malevolent, despicable, contemptible | informal horrible, horrid, rotten | beastly. ANT pleasant, kind. 4.•foul weather:inclement, unpleasant, disagreeable, bad | rough, stormy, squally, gusty, windy, blustery, wild, blowy, rainy, wet. ANT fair. 5.•foul drinking water:contaminated, polluted, infected, tainted, impure, filthy, dirty, unclean | rare feculent. ANT clean. 6.•a foul deed:evil, wicked, bad, wrong, immoral, sinful, vile, dishonorable, corrupt, iniquitous, depraved, villainous, nefarious, vicious, malicious | malevolent, sinister, demonic, devilish, diabolical, fiendish, dark | monstrous, shocking, despicable, atrocious, heinous, odious, contemptible, horrible, execrable | informal lowdown, dirty. ANT righteous. 7.•foul language:vulgar, crude, coarse, filthy, dirty, obscene, indecent, indelicate, naughty, lewd, smutty, ribald, salacious, scatological, offensive, abusive. ANT mild. 8.•a foul tackle:illegal | unfair, unsporting, unsportsmanlike, below the belt, dirty. ANT fair.▶verb 1.•the river had been fouled with waste:dirty, infect, pollute, contaminate, poison, taint, sully, soil, stain, blacken, muddy, splash, spatter, smear, blight, defile, make filthy. ANT clean up. 2.•the vessel had fouled her nets:tangle up, entangle, snarl, catch, entwine, enmesh, twist. ANT disentangle.WORD TOOLKIT See |
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