foul wind

noun

A wind blowing against the direction of travel.

“We lost several hours having to tack into a foul wind just off the coast.”

Opposite
fair wind
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounfoul wind (plural foul winds)

plural foul winds

  1. nauticalA wind blowing against the direction of travel.

    We lost several hours having to tack into a foul wind just off the coast.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
fair wind

Translations

Finnish vastatuuli
  • vastatuuliwind against traveled direction
French vent défavorable
  • vent défavorablewind against traveled direction
Hebrew רוּחַ נֶגְדִית
  • רוּחַ נֶגְדִית (ruakh negdit)wind against traveled direction
Polish niepomyślny wiatr
  • niepomyślny wiatrwind against traveled direction
Portuguese vento ponteiro
  • vento ponteirowind against traveled direction
Russian встре́чный ве́тер
  • встре́чный ве́тер (vstréčnyj véter)wind against traveled direction
Swedish motvind
  • motvindwind against traveled direction
Welsh gwynt croes
  • gwynt croeswind against traveled direction
Cite this entry
APA

foul wind. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foul%20wind

MLA

“foul wind.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foul%20wind. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foul wind,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foul%20wind.

Source: foul wind on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.