foul

adj

1. contaminated, polluted, infected, adulterated, impure, defiled, tainted; spoiled, rotten, moldy, decayed, decomposed, carious, fetid, putrid, putrescent, putrefactive; ill-smelling, evil-smelling, Sl. funky, rancid, stinking, stinky, rank, mephitic, noisome, musty.

2. dirty, unclean, unwashed, soiled, dusty, lutose, grimy, grubby; stained, tarnished, spotted, sullied, smudged, smeared; filthy, dirt-encrusted, bedraggled, begrimed, besmeared, smirchy; muddied, muddy, miry, turbid, feculent.

3.(of weather) stormy, squally, gusty, blasty, blustery, disagreeable, sloppy; misty, foggy, rainy, drizzly, sleety, wet; cloudy, overcast, bleak, murky, gloomy, leaden, threatening.

4. unsportsmanlike, unfair, dishonorable, dishonest, deceitful, deceptive; crooked, criminal, villainous, knavish, rascally, corrupt, fraudulent; venal, bribable, mercenary, corruptible; unscrupulous, immoral, unprincipled, shameless; treacherous, two-faced, back-stabbing, underhanded; slippery, tricky, Inf. shady, sinister.

5. abominable, abhorrent, loathsome, execrable, despicable, contemptible, heinous, scurvy, odious, detestable, hateful; obnoxious, offensive, disgusting, revolting, repulsive, repugnant; nauseous, nauseating, sickening; infamous, ignoble, scandalous, disgraceful; base, low, abject, mean, vile, sordid, wicked; flagitious, nefarious, iniquitous, atrocious, vicious.

6. obscene, vulgar, coarse, gross, smutty, risque, indelicate, indecent, improper, immodest, suggestive, off-color, Inf. blue; lewd, salacious, pornographic, scatologic, Sl. raunchy; scurrilous, ribald, abusive, blasphemous, thersitical, irreverent, profane, Fescen-nine; insulting, offensive, slighting, outrageous.

adv

7. run foul or afoul of

come into conflict or controversy or collision with, get in trouble with, run into trouble with, Sl. have a hassle with, run up against.

n

8. violation, infraction, infringement, transgression.

v

9. soil, stain, spot, smudge, muddy, sully, pollute; splash, spatter, Inf. slop up; bedraggle, draggle, begrime, besmear, smear, smirch, besmirch, befoul; blacken, tarnish.

10. contaminate, defile, taint, pollute, infect, putrefy, poison, envenom.

11. collide with, crash into, smash into, run into, bump into Inf. plow into Brit. Si. prang.

12. dishonor, disgrace, shame, reproach, degrade, abase, debase, vitiate; discredit, depreciate, devaluate; demean, belittle, derogate, disparage, decry; denigrate, slur, impute, asperse, defame.

13. foul up

Sl. bungle, botch, Inf. flub, Inf. muff, spoil, Sl. bitch, Sl. blow; hash, muddle, mangle, Sl. screw up, Sl. mess up, Sl. louse up, Inf. bolix, gum up the works, U.S. Inf. throw a monkey wrench into.