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Definition of noisome in English: noisomeadjective ˈnɔɪs(ə)mˈnɔɪsəm literary 1Having an extremely offensive smell. noisome vapours from the smouldering waste Example sentencesExamples - Epidemical fevers and fluxes, which fill the ship with noisome and noxious effluvia, often break out, and infect the seamen likewise, and thus the oppressors, and the oppressed, fall by the same stroke.
- He dived down a dark alley and ducked down behind a pile of crates and noisome garbage to catch his breath.
- She chased a small form into a shadowed alley full of garbage and more noisome things.
- Suddenly there are noisome odours on the breeze.
- The bar was noisome and smelly, the stench of unwashed bodies and foul beer mingling with the rotten fish smell of the port.
- 1.1 Very disagreeable or unpleasant.
a noisome concoction of which cheap port is the basis even if a journalist wanted to deliver the noisome truth, patriotism and censorship would prevent him Example sentencesExamples - But he gets paid to do this day in and day out, so I sort of understand why he continues being utterly noisome.
- The performance consists in a dinner where one eats haggis, a noisome dish to look at, but not unpleasant to eat, and drinks Athol Brose, a delicious drink, but insidious, composed of whisky, honey, cream and rum.
- After a brief sojourn in Salvador, the old capital, they proceeded to Rio de Janeiro, then a noisome slave port with narrow streets filled with rootling pigs and goats.
- Walking seemed to be relaxing him slightly, for he could no longer feel his heart beating madly in his chest and the noisome feeling in his stomach had subsided.
- He was ultimately bored for, even for him, the continuous coos of adoration could become quite noisome after the first thirty minutes.
- I have been experimenting with various means of disposing of these noisome critters, such as luring them with a trail of breadcrumbs into a dark closet and then murdering them with an axe.
- Here and across Europe it is the same: noisome, slimy things have crawled out of the sewers to oppress liberty and the human spirit.
- The President too was pressed into the service of this noisome charade.
- He did not know what it was, but it was a noisome sensation, like standing on a grate that you felt shift beneath your feet.
- You will need a calm retreat from the noisome fray.
- They saw in it a haven for traditional values that might, in time, restore their idealized America, now overrun by waves of immigration and noisome industrialization.
- I suspect that the deal would have seemed noisome had it been dragged into the warm sunlight of public scrutiny.
- But surely there's a less noisome method of distributing cash than one in which innocent pedestrians are accosted by somebody not dissimilar to the last person to have mugged them?
- Snyder loves George, and his noisome influence is behind this inexplicable choice.
Synonyms insulting, rude, derogatory, disrespectful, hurtful, wounding, abusive, objectionable, displeasing, annoying, exasperating, irritating, vexing, galling, provocative, provoking, humiliating, impertinent, impudent, insolent, personal, discourteous, uncivil, impolite, unmannerly, unacceptable, shocking, scandalous, outrageous unpleasant, disagreeable, nasty, distasteful, displeasing, objectionable, off-putting, uninviting, obnoxious, abominable, disgusting, offensive, repulsive, repellent, repugnant, revolting, abhorrent, loathsome, hateful, detestable, execrable, odious, vile, foul, unsavoury, unpalatable, sickening, nauseating, nauseous, ugly
Derivatives noun literary Yes, water would allow people to wash their hands and flush much of this noisomeness away.
Origin Late Middle English: from obsolete noy (shortened form of annoy) + -some1. Definition of noisome in US English: noisomeadjectiveˈnoisəmˈnɔɪsəm literary 1Having an extremely offensive smell. noisome vapors from the smoldering waste Example sentencesExamples - The bar was noisome and smelly, the stench of unwashed bodies and foul beer mingling with the rotten fish smell of the port.
- He dived down a dark alley and ducked down behind a pile of crates and noisome garbage to catch his breath.
- Suddenly there are noisome odours on the breeze.
- Epidemical fevers and fluxes, which fill the ship with noisome and noxious effluvia, often break out, and infect the seamen likewise, and thus the oppressors, and the oppressed, fall by the same stroke.
- She chased a small form into a shadowed alley full of garbage and more noisome things.
- 1.1 Disagreeable; unpleasant.
Example sentencesExamples - The performance consists in a dinner where one eats haggis, a noisome dish to look at, but not unpleasant to eat, and drinks Athol Brose, a delicious drink, but insidious, composed of whisky, honey, cream and rum.
- They saw in it a haven for traditional values that might, in time, restore their idealized America, now overrun by waves of immigration and noisome industrialization.
- You will need a calm retreat from the noisome fray.
- But he gets paid to do this day in and day out, so I sort of understand why he continues being utterly noisome.
- I suspect that the deal would have seemed noisome had it been dragged into the warm sunlight of public scrutiny.
- After a brief sojourn in Salvador, the old capital, they proceeded to Rio de Janeiro, then a noisome slave port with narrow streets filled with rootling pigs and goats.
- The President too was pressed into the service of this noisome charade.
- Snyder loves George, and his noisome influence is behind this inexplicable choice.
- Here and across Europe it is the same: noisome, slimy things have crawled out of the sewers to oppress liberty and the human spirit.
- But surely there's a less noisome method of distributing cash than one in which innocent pedestrians are accosted by somebody not dissimilar to the last person to have mugged them?
- Walking seemed to be relaxing him slightly, for he could no longer feel his heart beating madly in his chest and the noisome feeling in his stomach had subsided.
- He was ultimately bored for, even for him, the continuous coos of adoration could become quite noisome after the first thirty minutes.
- I have been experimenting with various means of disposing of these noisome critters, such as luring them with a trail of breadcrumbs into a dark closet and then murdering them with an axe.
- He did not know what it was, but it was a noisome sensation, like standing on a grate that you felt shift beneath your feet.
Synonyms insulting, rude, derogatory, disrespectful, hurtful, wounding, abusive, objectionable, displeasing, annoying, exasperating, irritating, vexing, galling, provocative, provoking, humiliating, impertinent, impudent, insolent, personal, discourteous, uncivil, impolite, unmannerly, unacceptable, shocking, scandalous, outrageous unpleasant, disagreeable, nasty, distasteful, displeasing, objectionable, off-putting, uninviting, obnoxious, abominable, disgusting, offensive, repulsive, repellent, repugnant, revolting, abhorrent, loathsome, hateful, detestable, execrable, odious, vile, foul, unsavoury, unpalatable, sickening, nauseating, nauseous, ugly
Usage Noisome means ‘bad-smelling.’ It has no relation to the word noise; it is related to the word annoy Origin Late Middle English: from obsolete noy (shortened form of annoy) + -some. |