FOULNESS

malodorousness, stinkiness, foulness, rankness, fetidness

(noun) the attribute of having a strong offensive smell

foulness, raininess

(noun) (of weather) the badness of the weather; “they were wearied with the foulness of the weather”

filth, filthiness, foulness, nastiness

(noun) a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse

foulness

(noun) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Foulness

An island off the east coast of Essex where the Thames estuary joins the North Sea.

Anagrams

• nosefuls, sulfones

Etymology

Noun

foulness (countable and uncountable, plural foulnesses)

The state of being foul.

Anagrams

• nosefuls, sulfones

Source: Wiktionary


Foul"ness, n. Etym: [AS. f.]

Definition: The quality or condition of being foul.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

3 February 2025

CRAZY

(adjective) possessed by inordinate excitement; “the crowd went crazy”; “was crazy to try his new bicycle”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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