foulness Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun 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. noun a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
   nastiness; filth; filthiness.
   
3. noun (of weather) the badness of the weather
   raininess.
   
   • they were wearied with the foulness of the weather
4. noun the attribute of having a strong offensive smell
   rankness; malodorousness; fetidness; stinkiness.
   

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