Noisome

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Offensive to the point of arousing disgust; foul: a noisome odor.
  • adj. Harmful or dangerous: noisome fumes.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Morally hurtful or noxious.
  • adj. Hurtful or noxious to health; unwholesome, insalubrious.
  • adj. Offensive to the senses; disgusting, unpleasant, nauseous; foul, fetid, especially having an undesirable smell; sickening, nauseating.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Noxious to health; hurtful; mischievous; unwholesome; insalubrious; destructive.
  • adj. Offensive to the smell or other senses; disgusting; fetid.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Hurtful; mischievous; noxious: as, a noisome pestilence.
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. offensively malodorous
  • adj. causing or able to cause nausea
  • Equivalent
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    insalubrious    destructive    noxious    unwholesome    mischievous    hurtful    disgusting    fetid    harmful    foul   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    fetid    noxious    dank    pestilential    loathsome    nauseous    foul-smelling    acrid    slimy    smoky