Thesaurus / foul
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Entering through a window, Mono emerges into a foul kitchen where insects buzz over towering dirty dishes.
‘LITTLE NIGHTMARES II’: A HYPNOTIC, DARK FAIRY TALECHRISTOPHER BYRDFEBRUARY 9, 2021WASHINGTON POSTJamorko Pickett posted 12 points, eight rebounds and three assists, and Chudier Bile also scored 12 points before fouling out.
GEORGETOWN CONTINUES TO PLAY WELL BUT FALLS SHORT IN THE END AGAINST VILLANOVAKAREEM COPELANDFEBRUARY 7, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWe all have to go in and rebound and take an offensive foul.
WIZARDS’ DEFENSE FALTERS AGAIN IN A 119-97 LOSS TO THE HORNETSAVA WALLACEFEBRUARY 7, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe 22-year-old forward didn’t shoot well and flubbed fouling Heat center Bam Adebayo when the big man caught the ball on an inbounds pass during the last play of the game with the Washington Wizards up three.
RUI HACHIMURA AND DENI AVDIJA ARE REGAINING THEIR FOOTING AFTER MISSING SO MUCH TIMEAVA WALLACEFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTJustyn Mutts added 17 points, and Hunter Cattoor scored 12 before fouling out.
PITT PULLS AWAY FROM VIRGINIA TECH IN SECOND HALFGENE WANGFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTTeams are given what amounts to a timeout when a player fouls out.
NINE PROBLEMS WITH COLLEGE BASKETBALL ON TV — AND HOW TO FIX THEMJOHN FEINSTEINFEBRUARY 3, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHart started against the Golden Gophers, but he picked up two early fouls and played fewer than 20 minutes for the first time since late November.
FOR MARYLAND BASKETBALL, POINT GUARD HAS BECOME A TWO-MAN JOBEMILY GIAMBALVOJANUARY 26, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe refs basically called the foul on the flop, not the hold.
THE PACKERS KICKED A FIELD GOAL, JOSH ALLEN HAD A BAD DAY, AND THE GOAT AND BABY GOAT ARE SUPER BOWL-BOUNDSARA ZIEGLER (SARA.ZIEGLER@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)JANUARY 25, 2021FIVETHIRTYEIGHTThese foul-weather fiscal hawks neglect to mention, of course, that the GOP’s prized 2017 tax cuts added nearly $2 trillion to deficits — back when the economy was doing okay.
RIGHT ON SCHEDULE, REPUBLICANS PRETEND TO CARE ABOUT DEFICITS AGAINCATHERINE RAMPELLJANUARY 21, 2021WASHINGTON POSTAn anecdote about a “foul odor” on the subway—not exactly a novel subject for a New Yorker—had me in hysterics.
IN PRETEND IT’S A CITY, MARTIN SCORSESE SHARES THE PLEASURE OF FRAN LEBOWITZ’S COMPANYJUDY BERMANJANUARY 8, 2021TIMEWORDS RELATED TO FOUL
- abject
- avaricious
- base
- black
- calculated
- corrupt
- covetous
- debauched
- degenerate
- degraded
- despicable
- disreputable
- dowdy
- filthy
- foul
- grasping
- grubby
- ignoble
- impure
- low-down
- mean
- mercenary
- miserable
- miserly
- nasty
- poor
- scurvy
- seedy
- self-seeking
- selfish
- servile
- shabby
- shameful
- sleazy
- slovenly
- slum
- slummy
- small
- small-minded
- squalid
- unclean
- uncleanly
- ungenerous
- venal
- vicious
- vile
- wretched
- abominable
- base
- broken-down
- decayed
- despicable
- dingy
- dirty
- disgusting
- disheveled
- fetid
- filthy
- foul
- grimy
- gruesome
- horrible
- horrid
- ignoble
- impure
- low
- mean
- miry
- moldy
- muddy
- musty
- nasty
- odorous
- offensive
- poverty-stricken
- ramshackle
- reeking
- repellent
- repulsive
- scurvy
- seedy
- shabby
- shoddy
- sloppy
- slovenly
- soiled
- sordid
- ugly
- unclean
- unkempt
- vile
- wretched
- adulterate
- besmirch
- blacken
- blemish
- blight
- blot
- blur
- brand
- break down
- cast a slur
- cloud
- cook
- corrupt
- crud up
- crumble
- cut
- damage
- debase
- decay
- decompose
- defile
- deprave
- discolor
- discredit
- disgrace
- dishonor
- disintegrate
- doctor
- foul
- give a bad name
- harm
- hurt
- infect
- muddy
- poison
- pollute
- putrefy
- rot
- shame
- smear
- soil
- spike
- spoil
- stain
- stigmatize
- sully
- tar
- tarnish
- trash
- turn
- water
- water down
- base
- despicable
- dirty
- disgusting
- distasteful
- filthy
- foul
- frightful
- hideous
- horrid
- ignoble
- low
- low-down
- mean
- messy
- monstrous
- nasty
- nauseous
- noisome
- objectionable
- odious
- offensive
- pesky
- repellent
- repugnant
- repulsive
- revolting
- scandalous
- servile
- shocking
- sickening
- sordid
- sorry
- terrible
- troublesome
- troublous
- vexatious
- vile
- wicked
- wretched
- admixed
- adulterated
- alloyed
- carnal
- coarse
- common
- contaminated
- corrupt
- debased
- defiled
- desecrated
- diluted
- dirty
- doctored
- filthy
- foul
- gross
- grubby
- immodest
- immoral
- indecent
- infected
- lewd
- nasty
- not pure
- obscene
- polluted
- profaned
- smutty
- squalid
- sullied
- tainted
- unclean
- uncleanly
- unrefined
- unwholesome
- vile
- vitiated
- weighted
- wicked
- bedraggled
- besmirched
- black
- blurred
- common
- contaminated
- corrupt
- decayed
- defiled
- desecrated
- dusty
- evil
- feculent
- fetid
- filthy
- foul
- grimy
- impure
- messy
- muddy
- nasty
- polluted
- profaned
- putrescent
- putrid
- rancid
- rank
- rotten
- sloppy
- slovenly
- smeared
- smudged
- soiled
- sooty
- sordid
- spotted
- squalid
- stable
- stained
- stale
- stinking
- sullied
- tainted
- tarnished
- unhealthful
- vile
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