Origin: Germanic Old English suffix
Foulness has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:
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"
a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
the attribute of having a strong offensive smell
The state of being foul.
An island off the east coast of Essex where the Thames estuary joins the North Sea.