Foulness and Hideousness

Foulness

Foulness noun - The quality or state of being obscene.

Hideousness and foulness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hideousness" instead a noun "Foulness".

Nearby Words: foul, foully

Hideousness

Hideousness noun - The quality of inspiring intense dread or dismay.
Usage example: the indescribable hideousness of the squalor in which the villagers are forced to live

Foulness and hideousness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Foulness" instead a noun "Hideousness".
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