Synonyms of the word

foul

• adj. Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty.
• adj. (of words or a way of speaking) obscene, vulgar or abusive.
• adj. Detestable, unpleasant.
• adj. Disgusting, repulsive; causing disgust.
• adj. (obsolete) Ugly; homely; poor.
• adj. (of the weather) Unpleasant, stormy or rainy.
• adj. Dishonest or not conforming to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.
• adj. (nautical) Entangled and therefore restricting free movement, not clear.
• adj. (baseball) Outside of the base lines; in foul territory.
• v. (transitive) To make dirty.
• v. (transitive) To besmirch.
• v. (transitive) To clog or obstruct.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To entangle.
• v. (transitive, basketball) To make contact with an opposing player in order to gain advantage.
• v. (transitive, baseball) To hit outside of the baselines.
• v. (intransitive) To become clogged.
• v. (intransitive) To become entangled.
• v. (intransitive, basketball) To commit a foul.
• v. (intransitive, baseball) To hit a ball outside of the baselines.
• n. (sports) A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing…
• n. (bowling) A (usually accidental) contact between a bowler and the lane before the bowler has released…
• n. (baseball) A foul ball, a ball which has been hit outside of the base lines.

afoul

• adv. (archaic, principally nautical) In a state of collision or entanglement.
• adv. (with with) In a state of entanglement or conflict (with).

attaint

• adj. (obsolete) Convicted, attainted.
• adj. (obsolete) Attainted; corrupted.
• v. (archaic) To subject to attainder; to condemn (someone) to death and extinction of all civil rights.
• v. (archaic) To subject to calumny; to accuse of a crime or dishonour.
• v. (now rare) To taint; to corrupt, sully.
• n. (archaic) A blow or strike, especially in jousting.
• n. A wound on the leg of a horse caused by a blow.
• n. (obsolete, law) The giving of a false verdict by a jury; the conviction of such a jury, and the reversal…

befoul

• v. To make foul; to soil.
• v. To entangle or run against so as to impede motion.

begrime

• v. (transitive) To make something dirty; to soil.

bemire

• v. To soil (or be soiled) with mud.

block

• n. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
• n. A chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
• n. A group of urban lots of property, several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
• n. A residential building consisting of flats.
• n. The distance from one street to another in a city that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
• n. Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
• n. (slang) The human head.
• n. A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
• n. A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
• n. A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end.
• n. (computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see cluster).
• n. (programming) A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
• n. (cryptography) A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
• n. (rigging) A case with one or more sheaves/pulleys, used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for…
• n. (chemistry) A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present…
• n. Something that prevents something from passing (see blockage).
• n. (sports) An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball,…
• n. (cricket) A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum…
• n. (volleyball) A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s…
• n. (philately) A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
• n. A section of split logs used as fuel.
• n. (Britain) Solitary confinement.
• n. A cellblock.
• n. (falconry) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
• n. (printing, dated) A piece of hard wood on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted.
• n. (obsolete) A blockhead; a stupid fellow; a dolt.
• n. A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
• n. (cricket) The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
• n. (cricket) A blockhole.
• n. (cricket) The popping crease.
• n. Misspelling of bloc.
• v. (transitive) To fill (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
• v. (transitive) To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
• v. (transitive) To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
• v. (transitive, sports) To impede an opponent.
• v. (transitive, theater) To specify the positions and movements of the actors.
• v. (transitive, cricket) To hit with a block.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To play a block shot.
• v. (transitive) To disable communication via telephone, instant messaging, etc., with an undesirable someone.
• v. (computing, intransitive) To wait.
• v. (transitive) To stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

cheating

• v. present participle of cheat.
• n. An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition.
• n. (cinematography) The arrangement of people or items in a film so as to give the (false) impression that…
• adj. Unsporting or underhand.
• adj. Unfaithful or adulterous.

choke

• v. (intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe, for instance food or other…
• v. (transitive) To prevent someone from breathing by strangling or filling the windpipe.
• v. To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up.
• v. To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle.
• v. (intransitive, fluid mechanics, of a duct) to reach a condition of maximum flowrate, due to the flow at…
• v. (intransitive) To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially…
• v. To move one's fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool.
• v. To be checked, as if by choking; to stick.
• v. To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling.
• v. To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.
• n. A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.
• n. (sports) In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation.
• n. A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot.
• n. A partial or complete blockage (of boulders, mud, etc.) in a cave passage.
• n. The mass of immature florets in the centre of the bud of an artichoke.
• n. (electronics) choking coil.
• n. A major mistake at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning.

clog

• n. A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel.
• n. A blockage.
• n. (Britain, colloquial) A shoe of any type.
• n. A weight, such as a log or block of wood, attached to a person or animal to hinder motion.
• n. That which hinders or impedes motion; an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment of any kind.
• v. To block or slow passage through (often with 'up).
• v. To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.
• v. To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.

colly

• adj. (Britain, dialect) black as coal.
• v. (transitive, archaic) to make black, as with coal.
• n. (Britain, dialect) Soot.
• n. (Britain, dialect) A blackbird.
• n. (dated) Alternative spelling of collie.

congest

• n. (Ireland, Scotland, agriculture, historical) a farmer whose lands do not support him adequately.
• v. To hinder or block the passage of something moving, for example a fluid, mixture, traffic, people, etc…

contaminate

• v. (transitive) To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter.
• v. (transitive) To soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association.
• v. (transitive) To make unfit for use by the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements.
• v. To infect, often with bad objects.

defile

• v. (transitive) to make impure; to make dirty.
• n. A narrow way or passage, e.g. between mountains.
• n. A single file, such as of soldiers.
• n. The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior.
• v. (archaic, intransitive) To march in a single file.

dirty

• adj. Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
• adj. That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.
• adj. Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.
• adj. Dishonourable; violating accepted standards or rules.
• adj. Corrupt, illegal, or improper.
• adj. Out of tune.
• adj. Of color, discolored by impurities.
• adj. (computing) Containing data which need to be written back to a larger memory.
• adj. (slang) Carrying illegal drugs among one's possessions or inside of one's bloodstream.
• adj. (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially in conjunction with "great".
• adj. Sleety; gusty; stormy.
• adv. In a dirty manner.
• v. (transitive) To make (something) dirty.
• v. (transitive) To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor.
• v. (transitive) To debase by distorting the real nature of (something).
• v. (intransitive) To become soiled.

disgrace

• n. The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
• n. The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame; dishonor; shame; ignominy.
• n. Something which brings dishonor; the cause of shame or reproach; great discredit.
• n. (obsolete) An act of unkindness; a disfavor.
• v. To disrespect another; to put someone out of favor.

disgustful

• adj. (archaic) disgusting, vile.
• adj. Full of disgust.

disgusting

• adj. Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.
• v. present participle of disgust.

dishonor

• n. US standard spelling of dishonour.
• v. US standard spelling of dishonour.

dishonour

• n. Shame or disgrace.
• n. Lack of honour or integrity.
• n. (law) Failure or refusal of the drawee or intended acceptor of a negotiable instrument, such as a bill…
• v. To bring disgrace upon someone or something; to shame.
• v. To refuse to accept something, such as a cheque; to not honor.
• v. To violate or rape.

distasteful

• adj. Having a bad or foul taste.
• adj. (figuratively) Unpleasant.
• adj. Offensive.

fetid

• adj. Foul-smelling, stinking.
• n. (rare) The foul-smelling asafoetida plant, or its extracts.

filthy

• adj. Covered with filth; very dirty.
• adj. Obscene or offensive.
• adj. Very unpleasant or disagreeable.
• v. (transitive) To make very dirty; to cover in filth.

foetid

• adj. Alternative spelling of fetid.

foul-smelling

• adj. Having an unpleasant odor.

fouled

• v. simple past tense and past participle of foul.

funky

• adj. (US, slang) Offbeat, unconventional or eccentric.
• adj. (US, slang) Not quite right; of questionable quality; not appropriate to the context.
• adj. (slang, Britain, US) Cool; great; excellent.
• adj. Having or relating to the smell of funk.
• adj. (music) Relating to or reminiscent of various genres of African American music, especially funk.
• adj. (Britain, slang, dated) Relating to, or characterized by, great fear, or funking.

grime

• n. Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove.
• n. (music) A genre of urban music that emerged in London, England, in the early 2000s, primarily a development…
• v. To begrime; to cake with dirt.

hit

• v. (heading, physical) To strike.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To briefly visit.
• v. (transitive, informal) To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
• v. (heading) To attain, to achieve.
• v. (transitive) To affect negatively.
• v. (heading, games) To make a play.
• v. (transitive, computing, programming) To use; to connect to.
• v. (transitive, US, slang) To have sex with.
• v. (transitive, US, slang) To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
• n. A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches…
• n. (music) A recorded song that receives widespread recognition and success, mainly through radio airplay.
• n. An attack on a location, person or people.
• n. (computing, Internet) The result of a search of a computer system or of a search engine.
• n. (Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
• n. An approximately correct answer in a test set.
• n. (baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s…
• n. (colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
• n. A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
• n. (dated) A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark.
• n. A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
• adj. Designating of a popular song.
• pron. (dialectal) It.

illegible

• adj. Not clear enough to be read; unreadable; not legible or decipherable.

impede

• v. (transitive) To get in the way of; to hinder.

infringement

• n. A violation or breach, as of a law.
• n. An encroachment on a right, a person, a territory, or a property.

jam

• n. A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used…
• n. (countable) A difficult situation.
• n. (countable) Blockage, congestion.
• n. (countable, popular music) An informal, impromptu performance or rehearsal.
• n. (countable, by extension) An informal event where people brainstorm and collaborate on projects.
• n. (countable, baseball) A difficult situation for a pitcher or defending team.
• n. (countable, basketball) A forceful dunk.
• n. (countable, roller derby) A play during which points can be scored.
• n. (climbing, countable) Any of several maneuvers requiring wedging of an extremity into a tight space.
• n. (Britain, slang) luck.
• n. (slang) sexual relations or the contemplation of them.
• v. To get something stuck in a confined space.
• v. To brusquely force something into a space; cram, squeeze.
• v. To cause congestion or blockage. Often used with "up".
• v. To block or confuse a broadcast signal.
• v. (baseball) To throw a pitch at or near the batter's hands.
• v. (music) To play music (especially improvisation as a group, or an informal unrehearsed session).
• v. To injure a finger or toe by sudden compression of the digit's tip.
• v. (roller derby) To attempt to score points.
• v. (nautical) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
• v. (Canada, informal) To give up on a date or some joint endeavour; stand up, chicken out, jam out.
• n. (dated) A kind of frock for children.
• n. (mining) Alternative form of jamb.

loathly

• adj. loathsome; hideous.
• adv. In a loathsome manner; disgustingly.
• adv. Unwillingly; reluctantly.

loathsome

• adj. highly offensive; sickening, abominable.

maculate

• v. To spot; to stain; to blur.
• adj. Marked with spots or maculae; blotched.
• adj. Defiled; impure.

malodorous

• adj. Having a bad odor.
• adj. (figuratively) Highly improper.

malodourous

• adj. Alternative form of malodorous.

nasty

• adj. (now chiefly US) Dirty, filthy.
• adj. Contemptible, unpleasant (of a person).
• adj. Objectionable, unpleasant (of a thing); repellent, offensive.
• adj. Indecent or offensive; obscene, lewd.
• adj. Spiteful, unkind.
• adj. (chiefly Britain) Awkward, difficult to navigate; dangerous.
• adj. (chiefly Britain) Grave or dangerous (of an accident, illness etc.).
• adj. (slang, chiefly US) Formidable, terrific; wicked.
• n. (informal) Something nasty.
• n. (euphemistic, preceded by "the") Sexual intercourse.

noisome

• adj. Morally hurtful or noxious.
• adj. Hurtful or noxious to health; unwholesome, insalubrious.
• adj. Offensive to the senses; disgusting, unpleasant, nauseous; foul, fetid, especially having an undesirable…

obstruct

• v. To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See synonyms at block.
• v. To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder: obstructed my progress.
• v. To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.

obturate

• v. To block up or obstruct.

occlude

• v. To obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.).

offensive

• adj. Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, or hatred.
• adj. Relating to an offense or attack, as opposed to defensive.
• adj. (team sports) Having to do with play directed at scoring.
• n. (countable, military) An attack.
• n. (uncountable) The posture of attacking or being able to attack.

out-of-bounds

• adj. Adjectival form of out of bounds.

play

• v. (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose…
• v. (ergative) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
• v. (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love, fornicate; to have sex.
• v. (transitive) To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.
• v. (heading, transitive, intransitive) To produce music or theatre.
• v. (heading) To behave in a particular way.
• v. (intransitive) To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion;…
• v. (intransitive) To move gaily; to disport.
• v. (transitive) To put in action or motion.
• v. (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it.
• v. (transitive) To manipulate or deceive someone.
• n. (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
• n. (uncountable) Similar activity, in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
• n. (uncountable, ethology) "Repeated, incompletely functional behavior differing from more serious versions…
• n. The conduct, or course of a game.
• n. (countable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
• n. (countable) (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
• n. (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters…
• n. (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
• n. (countable) A major move by a business.
• n. (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other…
• n. (uncountable) The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely.
• n. (uncountable, informal) Sexual role-playing.
• n. (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.

pollute

• v. (transitive) To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.
• v. (transitive) To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction…
• v. (dated) To corrupt or profane.
• v. To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonour.
• adj. (rare) Polluted.

repellant

• adj. Alternative form of repellent.
• n. Alternative form of repellent.

repellent

• adj. tending or able to repel; driving back.
• adj. repulsive, inspiring aversion.
• adj. resistant or impervious to something.
• n. someone who repels.
• n. a substance used to repel insects.
• n. a substance or treatment for a fabric etc to make it impervious to something.

repelling

• v. present participle of repel.

revolting

• v. present participle of revolt.
• n. revolution (The action of the verb to revolt).
• adj. repulsive, disgusting.

shame

• n. Uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of impropriety, dishonor, or other…
• n. Something to regret.
• n. Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision.
• n. The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach and ignominy.
• n. That which is shameful and private, especially private parts.
• interj. A cry of admonition for the subject of a speech, often used reduplicated, especially in political debates.
• interj. (South Africa) Expressing sympathy.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To feel shame, be ashamed.
• v. (transitive) To cause to feel shame.
• v. To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
• v. (obsolete) To mock at; to deride.

skanky

• adj. (slang) in the manner of a skank (disreputable woman).
• adj. (British slang) vile.

smelly

• adj. Having a bad smell.
• adj. (figuratively) having a quality that arouses suspicion.
• adj. (figuratively, computing, slang, in extreme programming) Of inferior quality.
• n. (firearms, informal) a Short Magazine Lee Enfield rifle or one of its derivatives.

smutty

• adj. Soiled with smut; blackened, dirty.
• adj. Obscene, indecent.

soil

• n. (uncountable) A mixture of sand and organic material, used to support plant growth.
• n. (uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that…
• n. (uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected…
• n. Country or territory.
• n. That which soils or pollutes; a stain.
• n. A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract…
• n. Dung; compost; manure.
• v. (transitive) To make dirty.
• v. (intransitive) To become dirty or soiled.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.
• v. (reflexive) To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed.
• v. To make invalid, to ruin.
• v. To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
• n. (uncountable, euphemistic) Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes.
• n. (countable, medicine) A bag containing soiled items.
• n. A wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted.
• v. To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an enclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them,…

soiled

• v. simple past tense and past participle of soil.
• adj. dirty.

stinking

• adj. Having a pungent smell.
• adj. Very bad and undesirable.
• adj. (euphemistic) An intensifier, a minced oath.
• v. present participle of stink.
• n. The emission of a foul smell.

stinky

• adj. Having a strong, unpleasant smell; stinking.
• adj. (informal) Bad, undesirable.

tangled

• v. simple past tense and past participle of tangle.

unclean

• adj. Dirty, soiled or foul.
• adj. Not moral or chaste.
• adj. Ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit.

unfair

• adj. Not fair, unjust.
• v. To make ugly.

unjust

• adj. Not fair, just or right.

unsporting

• adj. unfair, or not sportsmanlike.

unsportsmanlike

• adj. violating the accepted standards of sportsmanship.

violation

• n. The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.

wicked

• adj. Evil or mischievous by nature.
• adj. (slang) Excellent; awesome; masterful; deeply satisfying.
• adv. (slang, New England, Britain) Very, extremely.
• n. (usually humorous) People who are wicked.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of wick.
• adj. Having a wick.
• adj. (Britain, dialect, chiefly Yorkshire) Infested with maggots.

yucky

• adj. (colloquial, often childish) Of something highly offensive; causing aversion or disgust.