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- DictionaryNoi·some/ˈnois(ə)m/
adjective
- 1. having an extremely offensive smell: literary "noisome vapors from the smoldering waste"
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.
1. : noxious, harmful. a noisome pestilence. 2. a. : offensive to the senses and especially to the sense of smell. noisome garbage. b. : highly obnoxious or objectionable. noisome habits. noisomely adverb. noisomeness noun. Did you know? Noisome looks and sounds like a close relation of noisy, but it’s not.
adjective. These are words and phrases related to noisome. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of noisome. A noisome odor filled the compartment and frightened us all. Synonyms. smelly. foul. malodorous. stinking. fetid. reeking. rank. rotten. nauseating. putrid. mephitic.
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.
having an extremely offensive smell:. Meaning, pronunciation and example sentences, English to English reference content.
The field hospital was a noisome place, reeking with the stench of dysentery. synonyms: disgusting, fetid, foul, mephitic, offensive, putrid, rancid, rank, repugnant antonyms: balmy similar words: nasty, odorous, repulsive, revolting, stinking, stinky: definition 2: harmful, unwholesome, or noxious.
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.
