Foul
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive; filthy; dirty; not clean; polluted; nasty; defiled; as, a foul cloth; foul hands; a foul chimney; foul air; a ship's bottom is foul when overgrown with barnacles; a gun becomes foul from repeated firing; a well is foul with polluted water. Scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive; as, foul words; foul language. Hateful; detestable; shameful; odious; wretched. Loathsome; disgusting; as, a foul disease. Ugly; homely; poor. Not favorable; unpropitious; not fair or advantageous; as, a foul wind; a foul road; cloudy or rainy; stormy; not fair; -- said of the weather, sky, etc. Not conformed to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest; dishonorable; cheating; as, foul play. Having freedom of motion interfered with by collision or entanglement; entangled; -- opposed to clear; as, a rope or cable may get foul while paying it out. Outside of the base lines; in foul territory.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; as, for example, foot-tripping in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball. A (usually accidental) contact between a bowler and the lane before the bowler has released the ball. A foul ball, a ball which has been hit outside of the base lines.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To make dirty. To besmirch. To clog or obstruct. To entangle. To make contact with an opposing player in order to gain advantage. To hit outside of the baselines. To become clogged. To become entangled. To commit a foul. To hit a ball outside of the baselines.
Example sentence: Basketball players want contact to get a foul called. Slaps on the wrist and bumps on the shoulder are big time to them, and they don't like that. In football, you get that all the time. The whole mental makeup is different.
Tangled
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To become mixed together or intertwined
Example sentence: Motivations are too tangled and complex.