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noisomeness |
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]: noisomeness n : the quality of being noxious [syn: {harmfulness}, {noxiousness}]
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