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Meaning of 'noisome' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Noisome [ a.]
- Noxious to health; hurtful; mischievous; unwholesome; insalubrious; destructive; as, noisome effluvia.
- Offensive to the smell or other senses; disgusting; fetid.

Meaning of 'noisome' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . noisome [ s]
Meaning (1):
- offensively malodorous
Example in sentence:
  • a foul odor;
  • the kitchen smelled really funky
Meaning (2):
- causing or able to cause nausea
Example in sentence:
  • a nauseating smell;
  • a sickening stench;
  • nauseous offal

Nearby Words:

noiance noie noier noils noint noious noise noised noiseful noiseless

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