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1. foul
adjective. ['ˈfaʊl'] violating accepted standards or rules.
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Etymology
- fulian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
Rhymes with Foul
- sprowl
- sproul
- scowl
- prowl
- growl
- crowle
- crowl
- towle
- towel
- soule
- raul
- moul
- jowl
- howl
- houle
- fowl
- cowl
- coull
- owl
How do you pronounce foul?
Pronounce foul as faʊl.
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Sentences with foul
1. Adjective
If the shell smells rotten or foul, the snail has died.
2. Noun, singular or mass
It's never pleasant to have a foul smell emanating from under your deck.
Quotes about foul
1. The president of General Motors was in a foul humor.
- Arthur Hailey
2. I don't think that I could have survived in my family without a naughty sense of humor; yeah, absolutely. I think my brother and I both get our senses of humor from our parents. I mean, my mother was absolutely hilarious and foul. She had the most ridiculously off color sense of humor, so that was sort of what we grew up with.
- Rachael MacFarlane
3. Tragedy is restful: and the reason is that hope, that foul, deceitful thing, has no part in it.
- Jean Anouilh
3. foul
adjective. ['ˈfaʊl'] highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust.
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- fulian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
5. foul
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- fulian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
6. foul
adjective. ['ˈfaʊl'] offensively malodorous.
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- fulian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
7. foul
noun. ['ˈfaʊl'] an act that violates the rules of a sport.
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- fulian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
8. foul
adjective. ['ˈfaʊl'] (of a manuscript) defaced with changes.
Etymology
- fulian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
9. foul
verb. ['ˈfaʊl'] become or cause to become obstructed.
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Etymology
- fulian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))