foulness

Plural: foulnesses

Noun

• The state or quality of being foul.
• 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
• (of weather) the badness of the weather
  • "they were wearied with the foulness of the weather"
• the attribute of having a strong offensive smell
• The state of being foul.

Examples

• The foulness of his tile rack meant he had to exchange letters, losing a turn.

Synonyms

fetidness, filth, filthiness, malodorousness, nastiness, raininess, rankness, stinkiness