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   Noi·some

   /ˈnois(ə)m/

   

   adjective

   • 1. having an extremely offensive smell: literary "noisome vapors from the smoldering waste"
   • ▪ disagreeable; unpleasant: literary "noisome scandals"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from obsolete noy (shortened form of annoy) + -some1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. noisomeness noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • N

     1

   • O

     1

   • I

     1

   • S

     1

   • O

     1

   • M

     3

   • E

     1

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