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especially of a ship's lines etc
with its sails afoul; a foul anchor
disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
as filthy as a pigsty; a foul pond; a nasty pigsty of a room
(adj) cruddy, nasty, smutty, filthy
characterized by obscenity
had a filthy mouth; foul language; smutty jokes
(adj) unsporting, unsportsmanlike, dirty, cheating
violating accepted standards or rules
a dirty fighter; used foul means to gain power; a nasty unsporting serve; fined for unsportsmanlike behavior
(adj) ill-scented, stinking, noisome, foetid, foul-smelling, fetid, funky, smelly
offensively malodorous
a foul odor; the kitchen smelled really funky
(of a manuscript) defaced with changes
foul (or dirty) copy
(adj) disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, repellant, repellent, repelling, revolting, wicked, yucky, loathly, loathsome, skanky
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
(verb) maculate, defile, befoul
spot, stain, or pollute
The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it
(verb) pollute, contaminate
make impure
The industrial wastes polluted the lake
(verb) clog, clog up, choke, choke off, congest, back up
become or cause to become obstructed
The leaves clog our drains in the Fall; The water pipe is backed up