Synonyms for foulness

Most common

dirt · filth · squalor · impurity · stinkiness · malodorousness US · feculence US · raininess

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   The state of being foul.

Forms

Plural

foulnesses → squalors, filths, dirts, impurities…

Example sentences

• dirt Ziri's clothing didn't have a bit of dirt on them.
• filth Everything was coated in a layer of filth.
• squalor The squalor of the slums is not for the faint hearted.
• impurity Linguistic impurity is beautiful.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

dirt¹

5 letters

filth¹

7 letters

squalor²

8 letters

impurity⁴, rankness

9 letters

nastiness³, fetidness, feculence, raininess

10 letters

filthiness, stinkiness, faeculence

14 letters

malodorousness

15 letters

malodourousness

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (squalor² = 2 syllables).