noisome
adjective
offensive or disgusting, as an odor.
noisomeness
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a word derived from
noisome.
Example Sentences
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That of Doomsdale at Launceston in Cornwall, has never been exceeded for filth and pestilential noisomeness, nor those of Lancaster and Scarborough-castles for exposure to the inclemency of the elements.
From A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 by Thomas Clarkson
On the fifth morning, or the 23rd April, the rain gave us a few hours' respite, during which we managed to wade through the Stygian quagmire reeking with noisomeness to the inundated river-bank.
From How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
This added to the general noisomeness, while it took away from my appetite.
From The People of the Abyss by Jack London
I will not try to describe the noisomeness of that reeking hole.
From The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance by Paul Elmer More
It is a singular thing that no beautiful, useful, or even harmless species of bird or insect seems capable of acclimatizing itself as do those characterized by ugliness and noisomeness.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 by Various
