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- DictionaryNoi·some/ˈnois(ə)m/
adjective
- 1. having an extremely offensive smell: literary "noisome vapors from the smoldering waste"
• Quiet, primate and completely secret except for the noisome cologne signal that thrilled the rabbits before it confused them. • noisome slums • The distant workers who supported this wealth lived in noisome slums. • Out of this noisome soil grew some of the funerary customs of the upper classes, which today strike us as so exaggerated.
noisome (adjective) noisome / ˈ noɪsəm/ adjective. Britannica Dictionary definition of NOISOME. [more noisome; most noisome] formal + literary. : very unpleasant or disgusting. a noisome [= sickening] odor. NOISOME meaning: very unpleasant or disgusting.
How to use . noisome in a sentenceThere were places where re-solidified metal smoked noisomely against nonmetallic floor or wall-covering.
1. fetid, putrid, rotten, stinking, mephitic. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: noisome /ˈnɔɪsəm/ adj. (esp of smells) offensive. harmful or noxious. Etymology: 14th Century: from obsolete noy, variant of annoy + -some1. ˈnoisomely adv ˈnoisomeness n.
rotten. nauseating. putrid. mephitic. A noisome substance had seeped into the drinking-water. Synonyms. harmful. noxious. injurious. hurtful. detrimental. unhealthy. deleterious. pernicious. toxic. baneful. poisonous. Antonyms. wholesome. beneficial. healthful. salubrious.
having an extremely offensive smell:. Meaning, pronunciation and example sentences, English to English reference content.
Offensive to sight or smell, especially to the latter; producing loathing or disgust; disgusting; specifically, ill-smelling. Disagreeable, in a general sense; extremely offensive. Synonyms Pernicious, etc. See noxious. from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
