Antonyms for FOUL
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1. foul

   Pernicious (Latin per, through, and neco, kill) signifies having the power of destroying or injuring, tending to hurt or kill. Pernicious is stronger than injurious; that which is injurious is capable of doing harm; that which is pernicious is likely to be destructive. Noxious (Latin noceo, hurt) is a stronger word than noisome, as referring to that which is injurious or destructive. Noisome now always denotes that which is extremely disagreeable or disgusting, especially to the sense of smell; as, the noisome stench proclaimed the presence of noxious gases.

   Antonyms:
   advantageous, beneficent, beneficial, favorable, good, healthful, helpful, invigorating, life-giving, profitable, rejuvenating, salutary, serviceable, useful, wholesome

   Synonyms:
   bad, baneful, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, harmful, hurtful, injurious, insalubrious, mischievous, noisome, noxious, pernicious, perverting, pestiferous, pestilential, poisonous, ruinous, unhealthful, unwholesome

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1. • Baseball
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   • Dirty
   • Disgrace
   • Hit
   • Obstruct
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1. fouladjective

   an act that violates the rules of a sport

   Antonyms:
   fragrant, untangled, legible, fair, unobjectionable, just, inoffensive, in-bounds, clean

2. disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yuckyadjective

   highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

   "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"

   Antonyms:
   legible, fragrant, unobjectionable, just, fair, clean, inoffensive, in-bounds, untangled

   Synonyms:
   filthy, noisome, fetid, nauseous, revolting, nauseating, marked-up, foul, implike, repellent, mischievous, arch, sickening, dirty, unsavoury, distasteful, offensive, cruddy, rebarbative, ill-scented, foetid, vile, severe, sinful, pixilated, disgustful, stinking, resistant, disgusting, afoul(ip), smelly, cheating(a), foul-smelling, loathsome, prankish, wicked, yucky, unsportsmanlike, unholy, skanky, nasty, unsporting, terrible, impish, funky, smutty, repelling, loathly, unsavory, fouled, puckish, queasy, repellant

3. fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking, ill-scentedadjective

   offensively malodorous

   "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"

   Antonyms:
   legible, fair, unobjectionable, just, inoffensive, untangled, clean, fragrant, in-bounds

   Synonyms:
   filthy, noisome, fetid, nauseous, revolting, nauseating, marked-up, foul, lousy, repellent, sickening, dirty, distasteful, offensive, cruddy, ill-scented, foetid, vile, low-down, disgustful, crappy, stinking, disgusting, afoul(ip), smelly, cheating(a), rotten, foul-smelling, loathsome, icky, wicked, yucky, unsportsmanlike, skanky, nasty, unsporting, funky, smutty, stinky, repelling, loathly, shitty, fouled, queasy, repellant

4. cheating(a), dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlikeadjective

   violating accepted standards or rules

   "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"

   Antonyms:
   fragrant, in-bounds, inoffensive, fair, untangled, unobjectionable, just, clean, legible

5. fouladjective

   (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines

   Antonyms:
   clean, unobjectionable, inoffensive, legible, just, in-bounds, untangled, fair, fragrant

   Synonyms:
   smelly, smutty, wicked, funky, foetid, repelling, disgusting, loathsome, repellent, loathly, cheating(a), fetid, cruddy, nasty, fouled, revolting, distasteful, unsportsmanlike, foul-smelling, disgustful, filthy, marked-up, afoul(ip), dirty, noisome, unsporting, yucky, skanky, stinking, repellant, ill-scented

6. dirty, foul, marked-upadjective

   (of a manuscript) defaced with changes

   "foul (or dirty) copy"

   Antonyms:
   inoffensive, just, in-bounds, fragrant, clean, fair, legible, untangled, unobjectionable

   Synonyms:
   filthy, noisome, fetid, revolting, marked-up, foul, lousy, sordid, ill-scented, dirty, distasteful, soiled, cruddy, smelly, foetid, pestiferous, disgustful, loathly, disgusting, afoul(ip), muddied, cheating(a), unclean, foul-smelling, loathsome, ill-gotten, yucky, wicked, unsportsmanlike, skanky, nasty, unsporting, contaminating, funky, smutty, stinking, repelling, muddy, repellent, fouled, dingy, repellant

7. cruddy, filthy, foul, nasty, smuttyadjective

   characterized by obscenity

   "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes"

   Antonyms:
   just, untangled, unobjectionable, fair, clean, inoffensive, legible, fragrant, in-bounds

   Synonyms:
   awful, filthy, noisome, fetid, revolting, marked-up, foul, lousy, repellent, dirty, distasteful, cruddy, ill-scented, foetid, black, disgustful, stinking, disgusting, afoul(ip), smelly, cheating(a), tight, foul-smelling, loathsome, wicked, yucky, unsportsmanlike, skanky, nasty, unsporting, funky, smutty, repelling, loathly, fouled, repellant

8. filthy, foul, nastyadjective

   disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter

   "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room"

   Antonyms:
   unobjectionable, clean, fragrant, untangled, just, inoffensive, fair, in-bounds, legible

   Synonyms:
   awful, filthy, noisome, fetid, revolting, marked-up, foul, lousy, repellent, dirty, distasteful, cruddy, ill-scented, foetid, disgustful, stinking, disgusting, afoul(ip), smelly, cheating(a), tight, foul-smelling, loathsome, wicked, yucky, unsportsmanlike, skanky, nasty, unsporting, funky, smutty, repelling, loathly, fouled, repellant

9. afoul(ip), foul, fouledverb

   especially of a ship's lines etc

   "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor"

   Antonyms:
   fair, just, in-bounds, clean, unobjectionable, fragrant, legible, untangled, inoffensive

10. foulverb

    hit a foul ball

    Antonyms:
    inoffensive, clean, fair, just, unobjectionable, fragrant, in-bounds, untangled, legible

    Synonyms:
    back up, maculate, choke off, befoul, clog, defile, pollute, clog up, contaminate, congest, choke

11. pollute, foul, contaminateverb

    make impure

    "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"

    Antonyms:
    unobjectionable, fragrant, fair, legible, inoffensive, untangled, clean, just, in-bounds

    Synonyms:
    back up, maculate, choke off, befoul, clog, defile, pollute, foul, contaminate, clog up, congest, choke

12. clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foulverb

    become or cause to become obstructed

    "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"

    Antonyms:
    clean, fair, fragrant, legible, untangled, inoffensive, unobjectionable, just, in-bounds

    Synonyms:
    contaminate, drop dead, strangle, pop off, gag, buy the farm, give-up the ghost, clot, choke, foul, throttle, support, cash in one's chips, fret, befoul, kick the bucket, expire, choke off, back, pass away, perish, croak, clog, conk, asphyxiate, defile, clog up, back up, snuff it, decease, maculate, back down, go, choke down, constipate, pass, exit, back off, die, pollute, suffocate, overload, congest, scrag, stifle, choke back

13. foulverb

    commit a foul; break the rules

    Antonyms:
    fair, clean, legible, untangled, just, inoffensive, unobjectionable, fragrant, in-bounds

    Synonyms:
    back up, maculate, choke off, befoul, clog, defile, pollute, clog up, contaminate, congest, choke

14. foul, befoul, defile, maculateverb

    spot, stain, or pollute

    "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"

    Antonyms:
    fair, inoffensive, fragrant, untangled, clean, in-bounds, just, unobjectionable, legible

    Synonyms:
    choke off, maculate, tarnish, foul, clog up, congest, contaminate, clog, defile, pollute, sully, stain, choke, corrupt, taint, cloud, back up, befoul

15. foulverb

    make unclean

    "foul the water"

    Antonyms:
    clean, fair, untangled, just, inoffensive, unobjectionable, fragrant, in-bounds, legible

    Synonyms:
    back up, maculate, choke off, befoul, clog, defile, pollute, clog up, contaminate, congest, choke

16. foulverb

    become soiled and dirty

    Antonyms:
    fair, clean, unobjectionable, just, inoffensive, fragrant, legible, untangled, in-bounds

    Synonyms:
    back up, maculate, choke off, befoul, clog, defile, pollute, clog up, contaminate, congest, choke

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1. fouladjective

   Synonyms:
   filthy, squalid, dirty, polluted, scurrilous, abusive, obscene, insulting, blasphemous, vituperative, vulgar, shameful, detestable, odious, abominable, loathsome, disgusting, repulsive, offensive, unpropitious, unfavorable, feculent, roily, turbid, dreggy, dreggish

2. foulverb

   Synonyms:
   defile, soil, dirty, pollute

How to use FOUL in a sentence?

1. Joel Miller:

   What we have to remember is that not everything is under our control. If people are free in any meaningful sense of the word, that means they are at liberty to foul up their lives as much as make something grand of them. That's a gamble we all take. That's the risk of liberty. Nobody wants others to screw up their lives, but each must be free to do so for themselves.

2. Stacey Robinault:

   The spouse is always the prime suspect, and it doesnt help that her friends are saying that she told them about a tumultuous relationship, she said in an email. Speaking generally, Baden said recent past injuries could be evident on a victims body, depending on how old they are. In some cases, certain injuries can be present for many weeks. You take a discolorationits purple or blue or red or yellow or green and look at it under the microscope, one can get a good idea of how long theyve been there, Baden said. ALEXIS SHARKEYS MOM CONVINCED FOUL PLAY TO BLAME IN DAUGHTERS DEATH Tom Sharkey told local ABC13 he and his wife did not fight before she left that Friday, but he He added:I know what my life was with my wife.

3. Joe Martin:

   The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against wacking them around a little.

4. Ajay Pallegar:

   It sounds like they spoke to an attorney, and the attorney advised them very early on what to do very early on because there could be some sort of foul play going on. … It's really hard to tell given the limited amount of information out there.

5. Mike Krzyzewski:

   Wake Forest : The Demon Deacons had lost four of five coming in, sitting a game ahead of last-place North Carolina in the ACC. Now The Demon Deacons have The Demon Deacons first wins against both Duke and UNC under The Demon Deacons sixth-year coach, both coming in the past month, with Krzyzewski saying Wake Forest was the team that was deserving of winning. I thought The Demon Deacons was The Demon Deacons, Manning said. FOUL TROUBLE Star freshman big man Vernon Carey Jr. had 10 points before becoming one of three Blue Devils to foul out. The list included Justin Robinson the son of retired NBA great David Robinson providing an unexpected lift with a season high six points and three blocks in 12 minutes. That included playing a steady final six minutes of a first half that saw Duke trail by 12 but rally to tie it at 39 on Tre Jones 3-pointer at the horn. Really Justin Robinson saved us or else we shouldve been down about 10 or 15 points.

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