Definition: especially of a ship's lines etc
Usage: with its sails afoul; a foul anchor
Similar words: tangled
Definition: in a confused mass
Usage: pushed back her tangled hair; the tangled ropes
Definition: made dirty or foul
Usage: a building befouled with soot; breathing air fouled and darkened with factory soot
Similar words: soiled, dirty, unclean
Definition: soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
Usage: dirty unswept sidewalks; a child in dirty overalls; dirty slums; piles of dirty dishes; put his dirty feet on the clean sheet; wore an unclean shirt; mining is a dirty job; Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves