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Noisome Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Noisome? [adj] offensively malodorous; "a putrid smell" [adj] causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Noisome: fetid \| foetid \| foul \| foul-smelling \| funky \| loathsome \| malodorous \| nauseating \| nauseous \| offensive \| putrid \| sickening \| smelly \| stinking \| unwholesome \| vile Related Terms \| Find terms related to Noisome: abhorrent \| abominable \| arrant \| atrocious \| awful \| bad \| bad for \| bad-smelling \| baleful \| baneful \| barfy \| base \| beastly \| below contempt \| beneath contempt \| blameworthy \| brackish \| brutal \| cloying \| contaminated \| contemptible \| corroding \| corrosive \| corrupting \| corruptive \| counterproductive \| crude \| damaging \| deadly \| deleterious \| deplorable \| despicable \| detestable \| detrimental \| dire \| dirty \| disadvantageous \| disgusting \| disserviceable \| distressing \| dreadful \| egregious \| enormous \| execrable \| fecal \| fetid \| filthy \| flagrant \| forbidding \| foul \| frowsty \| frowy \| frowzy \| fulsome \| funky \| fusty \| gamy \| graveolent \| grievous \| gross \| harmful \| hateful \| heinous \| high \| horrible \| horrid \| hurtful \| icky \| ignoble \| ill-smelling \| infamous \| injurious \| insalubrious \| insanitary \| lamentable \| lethal \| loathsome \| lousy \| maggoty \| malefic \| malevolent \| malign \| malignant \| malodorous \| mawkish \| mephitic \| miasmal \| miasmic \| mildewed \| mildewy \| mischievous \| moldy \| monstrous \| morbific \| musty \| nasty \| nauseant \| nauseating \| nauseous \| nefarious \| nidorous \| notorious \| noxious \| objectionable \| obnoxious \| obscene \| odious \| odorous \| offensive \| olid \| ominous \| outrageous \| overripe \| pathogenic \| peccant \| pernicious \| pestiferous \| pitiable \| pitiful \| poisonous \| polluted \| prejudicial \| putrid \| rancid \| rank \| reasty \| reasy \| rebarbative \| reechy \| reeking \| reeky \| regrettable \| repellent \| reprehensible \| repugnant \| repulsive \| revolting \| rotten \| sad \| scandalous \| scatheful \| schlock \| scurvy \| septic \| shabby \| shameful \| shocking \| shoddy \| sickening \| sickly \| smellful \| smelling \| smelly \| sordid \| spoiled \| squalid \| stenchy \| stinking \| strong \| stuffy \| sulfurous \| tainted \| terrible \| too bad \| toxic \| unclean \| unhealthful \| unhealthy \| unhygienic \| unsanitary \| unwholesome \| venenate \| veneniferous \| venenous \| venomous \| vicious \| vile \| villainous \| virulent \| vomity \| weevily \| woeful \| worst \| worthless \| wretched \| yucky See Also \| Noisome In Webster's Dictionary \Noi"some\, a. [For noysome, fr. noy for annoy. See {Annoy}.] 1. Noxious to health; hurtful; mischievous; unwholesome; insalubrious; destructive; as, noisome effluvia. ``Noisome pestilence.'' --Ps. xci. 3. 2. Offensive to the smell or other senses; disgusting; fetid. ``Foul breath is noisome.'' --Shak. -- {Noi"somely}, adv. -- {Noi"someness}, n. Syn: Noxious; unwholesome; insalubrious; mischievous; destructive. Usage: {Noisome}, {Noxious}. These words have to a great extent been interchanged; but there is a tendency to make a distinction between them, applying noxious to things that inflict evil directly; as, a noxious plant, noxious practices, etc., and noisome to things that operate with a remoter influence; as, noisome vapors, a noisome pestilence, etc. Noisome has the additional sense of disqusting. A garden may be free from noxious weeds or animals; but, if recently covered with manure, it may be filled with a noisome smell.

Noisome Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Noisome?

[adj] offensively malodorous; "a putrid smell"
[adj] causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"

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Noisome In Webster's Dictionary

\Noi"some\, a. [For noysome, fr. noy for annoy. See
{Annoy}.]
1. Noxious to health; hurtful; mischievous; unwholesome;
   insalubrious; destructive; as, noisome effluvia. ``Noisome
   pestilence.'' --Ps. xci. 3.

2. Offensive to the smell or other senses; disgusting; fetid.
   ``Foul breath is noisome.'' --Shak. -- {Noi"some*ly}, adv.
   -- {Noi"some*ness}, n.

Syn: Noxious; unwholesome; insalubrious; mischievous;
     destructive.

Usage: {Noisome}, {Noxious}. These words have to a great
       extent been interchanged; but there is a tendency to
       make a distinction between them, applying noxious to
       things that inflict evil directly; as, a noxious
       plant, noxious practices, etc., and noisome to things
       that operate with a remoter influence; as, noisome
       vapors, a noisome pestilence, etc. Noisome has the
       additional sense of disqusting. A garden may be free
       from noxious weeds or animals; but, if recently
       covered with manure, it may be filled with a noisome
       smell.

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