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FOULNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The attribute of having a strong offensive smell
Synonyms:
fetidness; foulness; malodorousness; rankness; stinkiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("foulness" is a kind of...):
aroma; odor; odour; olfactory property; scent; smell (any property detected by the olfactory system)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foulness"):
B.O.; body odor; body odour (malodorousness resulting from a failure to bathe)
Derivation:
foul (offensively malodorous)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of weather) the badness of the weather
Example:
they were wearied with the foulness of the weather
Synonyms:
foulness; raininess
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("foulness" is a kind of...):
badness; severeness; severity (used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
Synonyms:
filth; filthiness; foulness; nastiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("foulness" is a kind of...):
unsanitariness (a state that is not conducive to health)
Derivation:
foul (disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Disgusting wickedness and immorality
Example:
mouths which speak such foulness must be cleansed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("foulness" is a kind of...):
dark; darkness; wickedness (absence of moral or spiritual values)
Derivation:
foul (violating accepted standards or rules)
