fouled
2
4.1
- adjective
- /faʊld/
- The lake was fouled by industrial waste, making it unsafe for swimming.
Examples
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After the storm, the beach was fouled with debris and pollution.
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The once beautiful park was fouled with litter after the festival.
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Where have you drawn off all of foul liquid and meat?
Synonyms
446
1.0
Not clean or covered with dirt
204
1.0
Not tidy or clean, with things in the wrong place
130
4.7
Something that becomes unsafe because it touches something dirty or harmful
115
1.5
Very dirty and covered with mud or dirt
88
4.5
Spoiled and unsafe because it has rot or something harmful
41
3.5
Not safe to use because dangerous chemicals are in the air, water, or soil
26
2.5
Not clean because it has mud or grease on it
13
1.3
Dirty and covered in dust, food, or grease
6
4.2
Containing other unwanted substances so it is not clean
5
7.0
Dirty and untidy, often wet after being in rain or mud
3
3.2
Dirty and covered in mud
1
8.8
Made dirty by waste, chemicals, or lies
1
5.7
Not cleaned and may have germs or dirt
1
8.2
Covered thickly with dark dirt or soot
Antonyms
How Dirty
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word fouled comes from the old English word foul, which meant 'dirty' or 'rotten', so something fouled has been made dirty, polluted, or covered in waste.