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English noun: foulness | |||
| 1. | foulness (state) disgusting wickedness and immorality | ||
| Samples | He 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 | ||
| Synonyms | filth, filthiness, nastiness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | unsanitariness | ||
| 3. | foulness (attribute) (of weather) the badness of the weather | ||
| Samples | They were wearied with the foulness of the weather. | ||
| Synonyms | raininess | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | badness, severeness, severity | ||
| 4. | foulness (attribute) the attribute of having a strong offensive smell | ||
| Synonyms | fetidness, malodorousness, rankness, stinkiness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | aroma, odor, odour, olfactory property, scent, smell | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | B.O., body odor, body odour | ||
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