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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