1. foulness(n = noun.state) - 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"
is a kind of dark, darkness, iniquity, wickedness
Derived form adjective foul3
2. foulness(n = noun.state) filth, filthiness, nastiness - a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse;
is a kind of unsanitariness
Derived form adjective foul7
3. foulness(n = noun.attribute) raininess - (of weather) the badness of the weather; "they were wearied with the foulness of the weather"
is a kind of badness, severeness, severity
4. foulness(n = noun.attribute) fetidness, malodorousness, rankness, stinkiness - the attribute of having a strong offensive smell;
is a kind of aroma, odor, odour, olfactory property, scent, smell
has particulars: b.o., body odor, body odour
Derived form adjective foul2
The quality or condition of being foul. [1913 Webster]
N fetor, bad, smell, bad odor, stench, stink, foul odor, malodor, empyreuma, mustiness, rancidity, foulness, stoat, polecat, skunk, assafoetida, fungus, garlic, stinkpot, fitchet, fitchew, fourmart, peccary, acridity, fetid, strong-smelling, high, bad, strong, fulsome, offensive, noisome, rank, rancid, reasty, tainted, musty, fusty, frouzy, olid, olidous, nidorous, smelling, stinking, putrid, suffocating, mephitic, empyreumatic.