noisome
offensive or disgusting, as an odor.
harmful or injurious to health; noxious.
Origin of noisome
1Other words for noisome
Other words from noisome
- noi·some·ly, adverb
- noi·some·ness, noun
Words that may be confused with noisome
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How to use noisome in a sentence
It filled my head, that muttering sound, like thick oily smoke from a fat-rendering vat or an odour of noisome decay.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show | Robert W. Chambers | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHer tomb is in a small chapel, dark, damp, and even noisome: it is indicated only by a flat unadorned stone.
I felt assured he would not live long, unless removed from that noisome place.
Fox's Book of Martyrs | John FoxeShe had entered into noisome places, but so had the marsh-hawk poising grandly on motionless wing there above.
Blazed Trail Stories | Stewart Edward WhiteThe fragrant white pond lily springs from the same black mud out of which the yellow lily sucks its obscene life and noisome odor.
Library Notes | A. P. Russell
But it was the choice and the pleasure of Milton to penetrate the noisome vapors, and to brave the terrible explosion.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume XIII | John Lord
British Dictionary definitions for noisome
/ (ˈnɔɪsəm) /
(esp of smells) offensive
harmful or noxious
Origin of noisome
1Derived forms of noisome
- noisomely, adverb
- noisomeness, noun
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