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Definition of "foul-spoken" []

  • Using profane, scurrilous, slanderous, or obscene language; same as foul-mouthed. (adjective)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Use "foul-spoken" in a sentence
  • "They started to throw me ugly looks and opened their mouths for some of the best swearing that you'll ever hear — but then they realized I wasn't a foul-spoken boy at all but a young robber baron and they fed me sugary sweets from golden spoons."
  • "Seven are hulking, idle, slouching young men, patched and shabby, too short in the sleeves and too tight in the legs, slimly clothed, foul-spoken, repulsive wretches inside and out."
  • "In vain the wretched father stormed, and swore, and knocked down more than one foul-spoken fellow that had breathed against dear Grace."
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