Noisome

//ˈnɔɪ.səm// adj

adj ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Morally hurtful or noxious. literary
  2. 2
    Hurtful or noxious to health; unwholesome, insalubrious. literary

    "Surely he shall deliuer thee from the snare of the fouler: and from the noisome pestilence."

  3. 3
    Offensive to the senses; disgusting, unpleasant, nauseous, especially having an undesirable smell. literary

    "Foule words is but foule wind, and foule wind is but foule breath, and foule breath is noiſome, therefore I will depart vnkist."

Adjective
  1. 1
    offensively malodorous wordnet
  2. 2
    causing or able to cause nausea wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
nauseatingabhorrentabominablearrantatrociousawful

Example

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"Surely he shall deliuer thee from the snare of the fouler: and from the noisome pestilence."

Etymology

From Middle English noysom; equivalent to noy + -some (short for annoy, from an(n)oien, enoien from Anglo-Norman anuier, from Old French enuier (French ennuyer), from Late Latin inodiare, from in- (intensive prefix) + odium (“hate”)).

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