foulness
/ˈfaʊəl.nəs/
foulness noun: the state of being foul.
Noun
foulness (countable and uncountable, plural foulnesses)
- The state of being foul.
Proper noun capitalized: Foulness
UK/faʊlˈnɛs/
Foulness
foulness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
foulness in Hindi
- foulness, filth
- सड़ाँध saṛāndh, म्लानि mlāni
foulness in Tamil
- foulness, dirt, ash
- மயிலை mayilai
foulness in Urdu
- کدورت, کثافت
foulness in Bengali
- foulness
- ময়লা môyla
More languagesFewer languages
- foulness in Telugu
- రోత rōta
- foulness in Sanskrit
- कलुष kaluṣa
Forms of foulness
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | foulnesses |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Foulness Island |
Origin of foulness
From Middle English foulnesse, foulnes, from Old English fūlnes (“foulness”), equivalent to foul + -ness. Compare Dutch vuilnis (“rubbish; garbage; trash”).
Phrases with foulness
Words that rhyme with foulness
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- SMS
- success
- compress
- largesse
- ness
- profess
- confess
- distress
- regress
- depress
- excess
- guess
- prepossess
- undress
- CBS
- ingress
- oppress
- redress
- transgress
- assess
- cess
- duress
- fess
- fluoresce
- Hesse
- less
- mayoress
- obsess
- tress
- unless
- yes
- accresce
- acquiesce
- aggress
- BESS
- caress
- clothes press
- congress
- defervesce
- digress
- ess
- Hess
- intumesce
- jess
- lazy S
- liquesce
- repress
- second-guess
Questions about foulness
- What does foulness mean?
- Foulness means the state of being foul.
- What is foulness in Hindi?
- Foulness in Hindi is सड़ाँध (saṛāndh), म्लानि (mlāni). See Foulness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is foulness?
- Foulness can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce foulness?
- Foulness is pronounced /ˈfaʊəl.nəs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of foulness?
- The plural of foulness is foulnesses.
Words near foulness in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: foulness (page history and authors); Foulness (page history and authors); म्लानि (Hindi) (page history and authors); மயிலை (Tamil) (page history and authors); foulness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ময়লা (Bengali) (page history and authors); రోత (Telugu) (page history and authors); कलुष (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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