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English noun: foulness

1. foulness (state) disgusting wickedness and immorality


SamplesHe understood the foulness of sin.
His display of foulness deserved severe punishment.
Mouths which speak such foulness must be cleansed.


Broader (hypernym)dark, darkness, iniquity, wickedness

2. foulness (state) a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse


Synonymsfilth, filthiness, nastiness


Broader (hypernym)unsanitariness

3. foulness (attribute) (of weather) the badness of the weather


SamplesThey were wearied with the foulness of the weather.


Synonymsraininess


Broader (hypernym)badness, severeness, severity

4. foulness (attribute) the attribute of having a strong offensive smell


Synonymsfetidness, malodorousness, rankness, stinkiness


Broader (hypernym)aroma, odor, odour, olfactory property, scent, smell


Narrower (hyponym)B.O., body odor, body odour









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