| 单词 | noisome |
| 释义 | noisome (once / 5823 pages) adj If you accidentally leave half a sandwich under your bed for a few days, cover your nose while you sleep because it will probably become quite noisome. This is a fancy way of saying that it will stink. Despite that first syllable, this adjective doesn’t have root origins in the word noise, but is related to the word annoy. Noisome can refer to anything unpleasant or anything that makes you nauseous. However, it is most often used to describe bad smells. So spray some air freshener, open the windows, and clean out under your bed! WORD FAMILYnoisome: noisomely, noisomeness, noisomest USAGE EXAMPLESThe problems of chamber pots — also known as “jerries, night soil, commodes, slop jars, close stools and thunder mugs” — also contributed to this noisome mix. Washington Post(Nov 04, 2016) Media scholar Tim Wu plunges into the noisome history of “attention harvesting” — the commodification of human attention by industry and government. Nature(Oct 11, 2016) Later he described the sting as “immediate, noisome, visceral, debilitating. For 10 minutes, life is not worth living.” National Geographic(Sep 26, 2016) 1adj causing or able to cause nausea Syn loathsome, nauseating, nauseous, offensive, queasy, sickening, vile unwholesome detrimental to physical or moral well-being 2adj offensively malodorous Syn fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, ill-scented, smelly, stinking ill-smelling, malodorous, malodourous, stinky, unpleasant-smelling having an unpleasant smell |
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