noisome

  • 31noisome — adj 1. disgusting, repugnant, aversive, obnoxious, fulsome; nauseating, nauseous, Med. nauseam, sickening, distasteful, unpalatable, unsavory, unappetizing, insipid; fetid, rancid, sour, putrid, putrescent, putrified, graveolent, rotten, stinking …

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  • 32noisome — noi·some …

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  • 33noisome — UK [ˈnɔɪs(ə)m] / US [ˈnɔɪsəm] adjective literary extremely unpleasant, especially because of being very dirty or having a bad smell …

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  • 34noisome — noi•some [[t]ˈnɔɪ səm[/t]] adj. 1) offensive or disgusting, as an odor 2) harmful or injurious to health; noxious • Etymology: 1350–1400; MEnoyesome=noy (aph. var. ofanoyento harm, injure; see annoy) + some some I …

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  • 35noisome — /ˈnɔɪsəm / (say noysuhm) adjective 1. offensive or disgusting, often as to smell. 2. harmful, injurious, or noxious. {Middle English, from obsolete or dialect noy (aphetic variant of annoy) + some1} –noisomely, adverb –noisomeness, noun …

  • 36noisome —   a. foul smelling …

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  • 37noisome — adj. literary 1 harmful, noxious. 2 evil smelling. 3 objectionable, offensive. Derivatives: noisomeness n. Etymology: ME f. obs. noy f. ANNOY …

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  • 38Noisomely — Noisome 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Offensive to the smell …

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  • 39Noisomeness — Noisome 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Offensive to the smell …

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  • 40noi´some|ness — noi|some «NOY suhm», adjective. 1. that disgusts; offensive; smelling bad: »a noisome odor, a noisome slum; …kitchens and areas with noisome sewers(Charles Kingsley). SYNONYM(S): foul, disgusting. 2. harmful; injurious: »a noisome pestilence;… …

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