foulness
(noun)
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
Definition categories: state, dark, darkness, wickedness
2. a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
Similar word(s): filth, filthiness, nastiness
Definition categories: state, unsanitariness
3. (of weather) the badness of the weather
- they were wearied with the foulness of the weather
Similar word(s): raininess
Definition categories: attribute, badness, severeness, severity
4. the attribute of having a strong offensive smell
Similar word(s): fetidness, malodorousness, rankness, stinkiness
Definition categories: attribute, aroma, odor, odour, scent, smell