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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. disgusting wickedness and immorality;
- Example: "he understood the foulness of sin"
- Example: "his display of foulness deserved severe punishment"
- Example: "mouths which speak such foulness must be cleansed"

2. a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse;
[syn: filth, filthiness, foulness, nastiness]

3. (of weather) the badness of the weather;
- Example: "they were wearied with the foulness of the weather"
[syn: foulness, raininess]

4. the attribute of having a strong offensive smell;
[syn: malodorousness, stinkiness, foulness, rankness, fetidness]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Foulness \Foul"ness\, n. [AS. f[=u]lnes.]
   The quality or condition of being foul.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

foulness
    n 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
       [syn: filth, filthiness, foulness, nastiness]
    3: (of weather) the badness of the weather; "they were wearied
       with the foulness of the weather" [syn: foulness,
       raininess]
    4: the attribute of having a strong offensive smell [syn:
       malodorousness, stinkiness, foulness, rankness,
       fetidness]