foul


foul (http://definr.com/foul)

     adj 1: 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"
            [syn: disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, loathly,
             loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting,
             wicked, yucky]
     2: offensively malodorous; "a putrid smell" [syn: fetid, foetid,
         foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, putrid,
        stinking]
     3: violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter";
        "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting
        serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior" [syn: cheating(a),
         dirty, unsporting, unsportsmanlike]
     4: (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines [ant: fair]
     5: (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty)
        copy" [syn: dirty, marked-up]
     6: (informal) thoroughly unpleasant; "filthy (or foul or nasty
        or vile) weather we're having" [syn: filthy, nasty, vile]
     7: characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul
        language"; "smutty jokes" [syn: filthy, nasty, smutty]
     8: disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter;
        "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of
        a room" [syn: filthy, nasty]
     9: especially of a ship's lines etc; "with its sails afoul"; "a
        foul anchor" [syn: afoul(ip), fouled]
     n : (sports) an act that violates of the rules of the sport
     v 1: hit a foul ball, in baseball
     2: make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake" [syn:
         pollute, contaminate]
     3: become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our
        drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" [syn: clog,
         choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke]
        [ant: unclog]
     4: commit a foul; break the rules
     5: spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river
        by emptying raw sewage into it" [syn: befoul, defile,
        maculate]
     6: make foul; "foul the water"
     7: become foul or dirty