Synonyms

contaminate pollute

Examples

"The industrial wastes polluted the lake"

Synonyms

dirty unsporting unsportsmanlike cheating

Examples

"a dirty fighter" "used foul means to gain power" "a nasty unsporting serve" "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"

Synonyms

disgusting loathsome repelling skanky loathly repellant repellent revolting distasteful wicked yucky disgustful

Examples

"a disgusting smell" "distasteful language" "a loathsome disease" "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me" "revolting food" "a wicked stench"

Synonyms

disgusting loathsome revolting yucky loathly repellent repellant wicked distasteful disgustful

Examples

"a disgusting smell" "distasteful language" "a loathsome disease" "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me" "revolting food" "a wicked stench"

Synonyms

foul-smelling fetid stinking noisome funky putrid smelly foetid

Examples

"a putrid smell"

Synonyms

clog choke_off back_up congest choke clog_up

Examples

"The leaves clog our drains in the Fall" "The water pipe is backed up"

Synonyms

fouled afoul

Examples

"with its sails afoul" "a foul anchor"

Synonyms

defile maculate befoul

Examples

"The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"

Synonyms

nasty smutty filthy

Examples

"had a filthy mouth" "foul language" "smutty jokes"

Synonyms

filthy nasty

Examples

"as filthy as a pigsty" "a foul pond" "a nasty pigsty of a room"

Synonyms

vile nasty filthy

Examples

"filthy (or foul or nasty or vile) weather we're having"

Synonyms

marked-up dirty

Examples

"foul (or dirty) copy"

Examples

"foul the water"

Synonyms

foul_ball