1. Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
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1. Hit a foul ball 
2. Make impure
   - pollute, contaminate 
3. Become or cause to become obstructed
   - clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke 
4. Commit a foul; break the rules 
5. Spot, stain, or pollute
   - befoul, defile, maculate 
6. Make unclean
   "foul the water" 
7. Become soiled and dirty

1. An act that violates the rules of a sport

Sounds like: fowl

Derived forms: fouler, fouls, fouled, foulest, fouling

See also: dirty, foully, foulness, illegible, ill-smelling, malodorous, malodourous, minging [Brit], offensive, out-of-bounds, pongy [Brit], soiled, stinky, tangled, unclean, unfair, unjust, unpleasant-smelling, whiffy [Brit]

Type of: attaint [archaic], begrime, bemire [archaic], block, change, close up, colly [archaic], dirty, disgrace, dishonor [US], dishonour [Brit, Cdn], grime, hit, impede, infringement, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude, play, shame, soil, violation

Antonym: fair

Encyclopedia: Foul

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