foulness

Speech parts

1. foulness - Noun

2. Foulness - Proper noun

Meaning

The quality or condition of being foul.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

filth filthiness nastiness rankness fetidness malodorousness raininess stinkiness smut badness dirtying crud decay corruption pollution
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Antonyms

acme apogee crown avatar best apex
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Hypernyms

badness dark darkness severity smell scent

Hyponyms

B.O. body odor body odour

Examples

Let me look at the foulness and ugliness of my body. Let me see myself as an ulcerous sore running with every horrible and disgusting poison. Ignatius of Loyola

The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness. Aristotle

Thou seest, then, in what foulness unrighteous deeds are sunk, with what splendour righteousness shines. Whereby it is manifest that goodness never lacks its reward, nor crime its punishment. Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius

The women of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran who risk their lives and their beauty to defy the foulness of theocracy. Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Azar Nafisi as their ideal feminine model. Christopher Hitchens

they were wearied with the foulness of the weather Source: Internet

he understood the foulness of sin Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

foulmouth foulmouthed foulmouthedness Foulness Island Foulridge Foulsham