FOULER | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Foul

Speech Type: Adjective

Etymology:

Old English fūl, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse fúll ‘foul’, Dutch vuil ‘dirty’, and German faul ‘rotten, lazy’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin pus, Greek puos ‘pus’, and Latin putere ‘to stink’

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: faʊl
Dialects: British English
Definition:

offensive to the senses, especially through having a disgusting smell or taste or being dirty

Short Definition:

offensive to the senses

Examples:
  • a foul odour
  • his foul breath
Definition:

wicked or immoral

Short Definition:

wicked or immoral

Examples:
  • murder most foul
Definition:

containing or full of noxious matter; polluted

Short Definition:

contaminated or polluted

Examples:
  • foul, swampy water
Definition:

(of the weather) wet and stormy

Short Definition:

wet and stormy

Examples:
  • he walked in fair and foul weather
  • the weather turned foul

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