Foul and Gutter

Foul

Foul adjective - Depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society.
Usage example: that movie features nonstop foul language

Gutter and foul are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gutter" instead an adjective "Foul".

Nearby Words: foulness, fouled, foully, fouling

Gutter

Gutter adjective - Depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society.
Usage example: a novel that does a good job of rendering the gutter language of that stratum of society

Foul and gutter are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Foul" instead an adjective "Gutter".

Nearby Words: guttered, guttering, gutting

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Music / Streets: A Rock Opera A filthy, foul-smelling bum is dying in the gutter and the crowd is content to watch him suffer, even the police are unwilling to help.
  • Self-Made Man Harry King (AKA Piss Harry, The King of the Golden River) went from gutter-born mud lark to one of the richest men in the city by realising there is nothing so foul that someone doesn't want it—and what's more, you can usually get people who don't want it to pay you to take it away.
    Source: Self-Made Man
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