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foulness - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'foulness' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Foulness [ n.]
- The quality or condition of being foul.

Meaning of 'foulness' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . foulness [ n]
Meaning (1):
- disgusting wickedness and immorality
Example in sentence:
  • he understood the foulness of sin;
  • his display of foulness deserved severe punishment;
  • mouths which speak such foulness must be cleansed
Meaning (2):
- (of weather) the badness of the weather
Example in sentence:
  • they were wearied with the foulness of the weather

Nearby Words:

fougade fougasse fought foughten foul foul-mouthed foul-spoken foulard foulder foule

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