foul

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. dirty, soiled, disgusting; stormy, unpleasant; obscene, indecent; clogged, choked, entangled; unfair, underhand. See uncleanness, impurity, improbity.

- fall foul of

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Soiled]

Syn. dirty, unclean, filthy, impure; see dirty 1 .

2. [Disgusting]

Syn. loathsome, fetid, odious; see offensive 2 , rank 2 .

3. [Obscene or abusive]

Syn. nasty, vulgar, coarse; see lewd 1 , opprobrious 1 , ribald .

4. [Unfair]

Syn. inequitable, unjust, dishonorable, vicious; see dishonest 2 .

• run or [m1]• fall foul of,

Syn. get into trouble with, encounter, come into conflict with; see fight 2 , meet 6 , oppose 1 .

See Synonym Study at dirty . v.

1. [To make dirty]

Syn. defile, pollute, sully, soil; see dirty .

2. [To become dirty or entangled]

Syn. soil, spot, discolor, stain, clog, jam, snarl, catch, be clogged, be choked, be tangled, be coated, be encrusted, be blocked, be filled.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

infraction, violation.

II

v.

1. make dirty soil, defile, taint, pollute, dirty, stain, smear, contaminate.

2. entangle catch, snarl, tangle, ensnare.

ANT.: 1. clean, wash. 2. untangle

III

a.

1. disgusting loathsome, stinking, dirty, *gross, disgraceful, repulsive, revolting, nasty, malodorous, rank, filthy, putrid, spoiled, polluted.

2. indecent obscene, vulgar, indelicate, nasty, course, smutty, *raunchy, lewd, scatological, dirty, offensive.

3. wicked abominable, evil, villainous, monstrous, hellish, abhorrent, heinous, atrocious.

ANT.: 1. attractive, appealing, clean, pure. 2. wholesome, clean, *G-rated. 3. moral, good, virtuous

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I adjective 1. Extremely unpleasant to the senses or feelings: atrocious, disgusting, horrid, nasty, nauseating, offensive, repellent, repulsive, revolting, sickening, ugly, unwholesome, vile. See LIKE, PAIN. 2. Having an unpleasant odor: fetid, foul-smelling, malodorous, mephitic, noisome, reeky, stinking. Informal: smelly. See SMELLS. 3. Heavily soiled; very dirty or unclean: filthy, nasty, squalid, vile. See CLEAN. 4. Offensive to accepted standards of decency: barnyard, bawdy, broad, coarse, dirty, Fescennine, filthy, gross, lewd, nasty, obscene, profane, ribald, scatologic, scatological, scurrilous, smutty, vulgar. Slang: raunchy. See DECENT. 5. So objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation: abhorrent, abominable, antipathetic, contemptible, despicable, despisable, detestable, disgusting, filthy, infamous, loathsome, lousy, low, mean2, nasty, nefarious, obnoxious, odious, repugnant, rotten, shabby, vile, wretched. See GOOD. II verb 1. To make physically impure: contaminate, defile, poison, pollute. See CLEAN. 2. To twist together so that separation is difficult: ensnarl, entangle, snarl2, tangle. See ORDER.