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noisome

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  Offensive  to  the  smell  or  other  senses  disgusting;  fetid. 
  ``Foul  breath  is  noisome.''  --Shak.  --  {Noi"some*ly},  adv 
  --  {Noi"some*ness},  n. 
 
  Syn:  Noxious;  unwholesome;  insalubrious;  mischievous; 
  destructive. 
 
  Usage:  {Noisome},  {Noxious}.  These  words  have  to  a  great 
  extent  been  interchanged;  but  there  is  a  tendency  to 
  make  a  distinction  between  them  applying  noxious  to 
  things  that  inflict  evil  directly;  as  a  noxious 
  plant,  noxious  practices,  etc.,  and  noisome  to  things 
  that  operate  with  a  remoter  influence;  as  noisome 
  vapors,  a  noisome  pestilence,  etc  Noisome  has  the 
  additional  sense  of  disqusting.  A  garden  may  be  free 
  from  noxious  weeds  or  animals;  but  if  recently 
  covered  with  manure,  it  may  be  filled  with  a  noisome 
  smell. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  noisome 
  adj  1:  causing  or  able  to  cause  nausea;  "a  nauseating  smell"; 
  "nauseous  offal";  "a  sickening  stench"  [syn:  {nauseating}, 
  {nauseous},  {loathsome},  {offensive},  {sickening},  {vile}] 
  2:  offensively  malodorous;  "a  putrid  smell"  [syn:  {fetid},  {foetid}, 
  {foul},  {foul-smelling},  {funky},  {smelly},  {putrid},  {stinking}]




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