邪恶的
恶臭的
难闻的
恶劣的
犯规的（foul的最高级）

Foul \Foul\ (foul), a. [Compar. Fouler (-[~e]r); superl.
{Foulest}.] [OE. foul, ful, AS. f[=u]l; akin to D. vuil, G.
faul rotten, OHG. f[=u]l, Icel. f[=u]l foul, fetid; Dan.
fuul, Sw. ful foul, Goth. f[=u]ls fetid, Lith. puti to be
putrid, L. putere to stink, be putrid, pus pus, Gr. py`on
pus, to cause to rot, Skr. p[=u]y to stink. [root]82. Cf.
{Defile} to foul, {File} to foul, {Filth}, {Pus}, {Putrid}.]
1. Covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is
injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive; filthy;
dirty; not clean; polluted; nasty; defiled; as, a foul
cloth; foul hands; a foul chimney; foul air; a ship's
bottom is foul when overgrown with barnacles; a gun
becomes foul from repeated firing; a well is foul with
polluted water.

My face is foul with weeping. --Job. xvi.
16.

2. Scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive; as, foul words;
foul language.

3. Hateful; detestable; shameful; odious; wretched. ``The
foul with Sycorax.'' --Shak.

Who first seduced them to that foul revolt?
--Milton.

4. Loathsome; disgusting; as, a foul disease.

5. Ugly; homely; poor. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Let us, like merchants, show our foulest wares.
--Shak.

6. Not favorable; unpropitious; not fair or advantageous; as,
a foul wind; a foul road; cloudy or rainy; stormy; not
fair; -- said of the weather, sky, etc.

So foul a sky clears not without a storm. --Shak.

7. Not conformed to the established rules and customs of a
game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest;
dishonorable; cheating; as, foul play.

8. Having freedom of motion interfered with by collision or
entanglement; entangled; -- opposed to {clear}; as, a rope
or cable may get foul while paying it out.

{Foul anchor}. (Naut.) See under {Anchor}.

{Foul ball} (Baseball), a ball that first strikes the ground
outside of the foul ball lines, or rolls outside of
certain limits.

{Foul ball lines} (Baseball), lines from the home base,
through the first and third bases, to the boundary of the
field.

{Foul berth} (Naut.), a berth in which a ship is in danger of
fouling another vesel.

{Foul bill}, or {Foul bill of health}, a certificate, duly
authenticated, that a ship has come from a place where a
contagious disorder prevails, or that some of the crew are
infected.

{Foul copy}, a rough draught, with erasures and corrections;
-- opposed to fair or clean copy. ``Some writers boast of
negligence, and others would be ashamed to show their foul
copies.'' --Cowper.

{Foul proof}, an uncorrected proof; a proof containing an
excessive quantity of errors.

{Foul strike} (Baseball), a strike by the batsman when any
part of his person is outside of the lines of his
position.

{To fall foul}, to fall out; to quarrel. [Obs.] ``If they be
any ways offended, they fall foul.'' --Burton.

{To fall foul of} or {To run foul of}. See under {Fall}.

{To make foul water}, to sail in such shallow water that the
ship's keel stirs the mud at the bottom.