noisome

noi·some (noi

adj.

1. Offensive to the point of arousing disgust; foul: a noisome odor.

2. Harmful or dangerous: noisome fumes.

[Middle English noiesom : noie, harm (short for anoi, annoyance, from Old French, from anoier, to annoy; see annoy) + -som, adj. suff.; see -some¹.]

noisome·ly adv.

noisome·ness n.

noisome [ˈnɔɪsəm]

adj

1. (esp of smells) offensive

2. harmful or noxious

[from obsolete noy, variant of annoy + -some¹]

noisomely adv

noisomeness n

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Adj.	1.	noisome - causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench" loathsome, nauseating, nauseous, queasy, sickening, vile, offensive unwholesome - detrimental to physical or moral well-being; "unwholesome food"; "unwholesome habits like smoking"
	2.	noisome - offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky" foul-smelling, funky, ill-scented, smelly, fetid, foetid, foul, stinking ill-smelling, malodorous, malodourous, stinky, unpleasant-smelling - having an unpleasant smell

noisome

adjective disgusting, offensive, foul, stinking, smelly, reeking, noxious, fetid, putrid, malodorous, mephitic, niffy (Brit. slang) Noisome vapours arise from the mud left in the docks

Translations

noisome [ˈnɔɪsəm] ADJ (= disgusting) → asqueroso; (= smelly) → fétido, maloliente; (= harmful) → nocivo

noisome

adj

smell → widerlich, eklig

(= noxious) → giftig, (gesundheits)schädlich

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aromatic disgusting fetid foetid foul foul-smelling fragrant funky ill-scented loathsome malodorous mephitic nasty nauseating nauseous noisomeness noxious offensive pernicious	Within that noisome den from which I had emerged I had thought with a narrow intensity only of our immediate security. The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context As the light sank into the noisome depths, there came a shriek which chilled Adam's blood--a prolonged agony of pain and terror which seemed to have no end. The Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram View in context As it was, miserably and helplessly, not half himself, a puppet dreamer in a half-nightmare, he knew, as a restless sleeper awakening between vexing dreams, that he was being transported head-downward out of the canoe house that stank of death, through the village that was only less noisome, and up a path under lofty, wide-spreading trees that were beginning languidly to stir with the first breathings of the morning wind. Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context	Noie Noier noil Noils Noint nointer Noious noir noise noise conditions noise generator noise level noise masking noise pollution noise protection Noiseful noiseless noiselessly noiselessness noisemaker noisenik noises off noisette noisily noisiness noisome noisomeness noisy noisy miner nol pros nol-pros nol. pros. nol.pros. Nolan Nolde Nole nolens volens noli-me-tangere Nolichucky Nolina Nolina microcarpa Nolition Noll nolle pros nolle prosequi Nolleity Nollekens nolo nolo contendere Nolt Nom	noiselessness noisemaker Noisemakers noisemaking noisenik noises noises noises noises noises noises noises Noises Off noisette Noisettes noisier noisier noisiest noisiest noisily noisily noisiness noisiness noising noising noising noising noising noising noising noisome noisomely noisomely noisomeness noisomeness noisy noisy Noisy Act of Protest Noisy Area Level for Auto Initiation noisy breathing Noisy Bus Noisy channel Noisy channel coding theorem Noisy Chaos noisy data noisy digit Noisy Miner noisy miners noisy mode Noisy Monte Carlo Genetic Algorithm noisy neighbors Noisy Quantum Channel noisy strife Noisy Subband Component noisy text NOIT NOITA Noites Marcianas

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aromatic
disgusting
fetid
foetid
foul
foul-smelling
fragrant
funky
ill-scented
loathsome
malodorous
mephitic
nasty
nauseating
nauseous
noisomeness
noxious
offensive
pernicious

Within that noisome den from which I had emerged I had thought with a narrow intensity only of our immediate security.

The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context

As the light sank into the noisome depths, there came a shriek which chilled Adam's blood--a prolonged agony of pain and terror which seemed to have no end.

The Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram View in context

As it was, miserably and helplessly, not half himself, a puppet dreamer in a half-nightmare, he knew, as a restless sleeper awakening between vexing dreams, that he was being transported head-downward out of the canoe house that stank of death, through the village that was only less noisome, and up a path under lofty, wide-spreading trees that were beginning languidly to stir with the first breathings of the morning wind.

Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context

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