foulness meaning and definition

FOULNESS noun

Definition of foulness (noun)

1. disgusting wickedness and immorality
   • "he understood the foulness of sin"; "his display of foulness deserved severe punishment"; "mouths which speak such foulness must be cleansed"
2. a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
   • synonyms: filth, filthiness, nastiness
3. (of weather) the badness of the weather
   • "they were wearied with the foulness of the weather"
   • synonyms: raininess
4. the attribute of having a strong offensive smell
   • synonyms: fetidness, malodorousness, rankness, stinkiness