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Foulness Common

Origin: Germanic Old English suffix

Foulness has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
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"

2

a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse

3

(of weather) the badness of the weather

"they were wearied with the foulness of the weather"

4

the attribute of having a strong offensive smell

5

The state of being foul.

Proper Noun
1

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

Example Sentences
"he understood the foulness of sin" noun
"his display of foulness deserved severe punishment" noun
"mouths which speak such foulness must be cleansed" noun
"they were wearied with the foulness of the weather" noun
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
wickedness unsanitariness badness olfactory property
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
body odor
Rhyming Words
ess 1ess ress ness tess hess kess wess jess fess yess sess less bess cess mess guess 1aess gless cress
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