OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 14351

foul

/faʊl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
inmundo
Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty.
His foul hands got dirt all over the kitchen.
This cloth is too foul to use as a duster.
grosero • indecente • obsceno
Obscene, vulgar or abusive.
His foul language causes many people to believe he is uneducated.
The rascal spewed forth a series of foul words.
perro • repugnante
Detestable, unpleasant, loathsome.
He has a foul set of friends.
[…]Hast thou forgot / The foul witch Sycorax, who with age and envy / Was grown into a hoop? Hast thou forgot her?
apestoso • fétido • hediondo • jediondo • maloliente
Disgusting, repulsive; causing disgust.
There was a foul smell coming from the toilet.
This foul food is making me retch.
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