foulness
[foul-nis]
noun
the state or quality of being foul: The foulness of the accusation incensed us all.
something that is foul; foul matter; filth.
Origin of foulness
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Related Words for foulness
dirtiness, coarseness, indecency, profanity, vulgarity, lewdness, filthiness, bawdiness, filth, dirt, squalor, uncleanness, grubbiness, uncleanliness, vulgarnessExamples from the Web for foulness
Contemporary Examples of foulness
Your foulness no longer surprises you, but you have realized its power when you encounter clean soldiers and you both recoil.
Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in IraqNathan Bradley Bethea
August 31, 2014
Historical Examples of foulness
But not even that cloak could they cast upon their foulness.
Captain BloodRafael Sabatini
It has shut out from me all the foulness of that past; and yet I am unworthy.
The Strolling SaintRaphael Sabatini
And doing it just as a hog wallows in foulness—for the love of it.
The Lion's SkinRafael Sabatini
Tell them of the foulness, of the cruelty, of the senselessness of it all.
All Roads Lead to CalvaryJerome K. Jerome
"Yet they say this has to be done;" and he bowed under the weight of the foulness of this girl.
En RouteJ.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
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