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View usage for: (nɔɪsəm) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]If you describe something or someone as noisome, you mean that you find them extremely unpleasant. [literary] Noisome vapours arise from the mud left in the docks. His noisome reputation for corruption had already begun to spread. Synonyms: poisonous, bad, harmful, unhealthy More Synonyms of noisome More Synonyms of noisome noisome in British English (ˈnɔɪsəm) adjective1. (esp of smells) offensive Derived forms noisomely (ˈnoisomely) adverb noisomeness (ˈnoisomeness) noun Word origin C14: from obsolete noy, variant of annoy + -some1noisome in American English (ˈnɔɪsəm) adjective1. injurious to health; harmful 2. having a bad odor; foul-smelling Derived forms noisomely (ˈnoisomely) adverb noisomeness (ˈnoisomeness) noun Word origin ME noyesum < noy, aphetic < anoy < OFr anoi: see annoy & -some 1Examples of 'noisome' in a sentencenoisome Definition (of smells) offensive Noisome vapours arise from the mud left in the docks Synonyms reeking niffy (British, slang) olid festy (Australian, slang) yucko (Australian, slang) His noisome reputation for corruption had already begun to spread. Synonyms baneful (archaic) pestiferous Additional synonymsDefinition harmful Eating too much of any food can be bad for you. Synonyms harmful, damaging, dangerous, disastrous, destructive, unhealthy, detrimental, hurtful, ruinous, deleterious (formal), injurious, disadvantageousSynonyms harmful, fatal, deadly, disastrous, destructive, hurtful, pernicious (formal), noxious, venomous, ruinous, calamitous, baleful, deleterious (formal), injurious, pestilential, maleficent Definition harmful or injurious Fear of crime is having a deleterious effect on society. Synonyms harmful, bad, damaging, destructive, detrimental, hurtful, pernicious (formal), ruinous, prejudicial, injurious- noggin
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Additional synonymsDefinition having a stale and unpleasant smell the fetid stench of human waste Synonyms stinking, rank, offensive, foul, corrupt, reeking, noxious, rancid, foul-smelling, malodorous, noisome, mephitic, olid, festy (Australian, slang) Definition full of dirt or offensive matter foul, polluted water Synonyms dirty, rank, offensive, nasty, disgusting, unpleasant, revolting, contaminated, rotten, polluted, stinking, filthy, tainted, grubby, repellent, squalid, repulsive, sullied, grimy, nauseating, loathsome, unclean, impure, grotty (slang), fetid, grungy (slang), putrid, malodorous, noisome, scuzzy (slang), skanky (slang), mephitic, olid, yucky or yukky (slang), festy (Australian, slang), yucko (Australian, slang) Definition causing or tending to cause harm, esp. to a person's health the harmful effects of smoking Synonyms damaging, dangerous, negative, evil, destructive, hazardous, unhealthy, detrimental, hurtful, toxic, pernicious (formal), noxious, baleful, deleterious (formal), injurious, unwholesome, disadvantageous, baneful, maleficent, toxic Her comments were very hurtful to Mrs Green's family. Synonyms unkind, upsetting, distressing, mean, cutting, damaging, wounding, nasty, cruel, destructive, harmful, malicious, mischievous, detrimental, pernicious (formal), spiteful, prejudicial, injurious, disadvantageous, maleficent Definition causing harm Stress in itself is not necessarily injurious. Synonyms harmful, bad, damaging, corrupting, destructive, adverse, unhealthy, detrimental, hurtful, toxic, pernicious (formal), noxious, ruinous, deleterious (formal), iniquitous, disadvantageous, baneful (archaic), maleficent, unconducive Definition having an unpleasant smell tons of malodorous garbage bags Synonyms smelly, stinking, reeking, nauseating, rank, offensive, fetid, foul-smelling, putrid, evil-smelling, noisome, mephitic, niffy (British, slang), olid, festy (Australian, slang) a mephitic stench Synonyms foul, stinking, poisonous, noxious, fetid, foul-smelling, putrid, malodorous, noisome, pestilential, baneful, miasmic, olid, miasmal, miasmatic, baleful, evil- or ill-smelling, festy (Australian, slang) Definition intended to cause harm a mischievous campaign by the press Synonyms malicious, damaging, vicious, destructive, harmful, troublesome, malignant, detrimental, hurtful, pernicious (formal), spiteful, deleterious (formal), injuriousDefinition poisonous or harmful carbon monoxide and other noxious gases Synonyms harmful, deadly, poisonous, toxic, unhealthy, hurtful, pernicious (formal), injurious, unwholesome, noisome, pestilential, insalubrious, foul, baneful (archaic), detrimentalDefinition unpleasant or disgusting to the senses the offensive smell of manure Synonyms disgusting, gross, nasty, foul, unpleasant, revolting, stinking, sickening, vile, repellent, unsavoury, obnoxious, unpalatable, objectionable, disagreeable, nauseating, odious, repugnant, loathsome, abominable, grotty (slang), detestable, noisome, yucky or yukky (slang), festy (Australian, slang), yucko (Australian, slang) Additional synonymsDefinition causing grave harm the pernicious effects of alcoholism Synonyms wicked, bad, damaging, dangerous, evil, offensive, fatal, deadly, destructive, harmful, toxic, poisonous, malicious, malign, malignant, detrimental, hurtful, malevolent, noxious, venomous, ruinous, baleful, deleterious (formal), injurious, noisome, baneful (archaic), pestilent, maleficent the pestilential grey squirrel Synonyms deadly, dangerous, evil, foul, destructive, harmful, hazardous, detrimental, pernicious (formal), ruinous, deleterious (formal), injuriousDefinition (of organic matter) rotting river banks coated with layers of putrid sludge from untreated waste Synonyms rotten, contaminated, stinking, tainted, off, bad, rank, foul, spoiled, corrupt, rotting, decayed, reeking, decomposed, rancid, fetid, putrefied, olid, festy (Australian, slang) Definition having a nasty smell a chunk of smelly cheese Synonyms stinking, reeking, fetid, foul-smelling, high, strong, foul, putrid, strong-smelling, stinky (informal), malodorous, evil-smelling, noisome, whiffy (British, slang), pongy (British, informal), mephitic, niffy (British, slang), olid, festy (Australian, slang) Definition having a strong unpleasant smell They were locked up in a stinking cell. Synonyms foul-smelling, smelly, reeking, fetid, malodorous, noisome, whiffy (British, slang), pongy (British, informal), mephitic, ill-smelling, niffy (British, slang), olid, festy (Australian, slang), yucko (Australian, slang) Definition likely to cause illness or poor health the unhealthy environment of a coal mine Synonyms harmful, detrimental, unwholesome, noxious, toxic, deleterious (formal), insanitary, noisome, insalubriousDefinition harmful to the body or mind a chemically reactive ecologically unwholesome substance Synonyms harmful, unhealthy, noxious, deleterious (formal), junk (informal), tainted, poisonous, insanitary, insalubrious, unnourishing |