What does noisome mean?

Definitions for noisome
ˈnɔɪ səmnoi·some

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vileadjective

    causing or able to cause nausea

    "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"

  2. fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking, ill-scentedadjective

    offensively malodorous

    "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"

Wiktionary

  1. noisomeadjective

    Morally hurtful or noxious.

  2. noisomeadjective

    Hurtful or noxious to health; unwholesome, insalubrious.

  3. noisomeadjective

    Offensive to the senses; disgusting, unpleasant, nauseous; foul, fetid, especially having an undesirable smell; sickening, nauseating.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. NOISOMEadjective

    Etymology: noiso, Italian.

    In case it may be proved, that among the number of rites and orders common unto both, there are particulars, the use whereof is utterly unlawful in regard of some special bad and noisome quality; there is no doubt but we ought to relinquish such rites and orders, what freedom soever we have to retain the other still. Richard Hooker, b. iv.

    All my plants I save from nightly ill
    Of noisome winds, and blasting vapours chill. John Milton.

    Gravisca noisome from the neighb’ring fen,
    And his own Cære sent three hundred men. Dryden.

    The noisome pest’lence, that in open war
    Terrible, marches thro’ the mid-day air,
    And scatters death. Matthew Prior.

    The seeing these effects, will be
    Both noisome and infectious. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

    The brake and the cockle are noisome too much. Thomas Tusser.

    Foul words are but foul wind, and foul wind is but foul breath, and foul breath is noisome. William Shakespeare, M. Ad. Ab.

    The filthiness of his smell was noisome to all his army. 2 Mac. ix. 9.

    An error in the judgment, is like an impostem in the head, which is always noisome, and frequently mortal. South.

ChatGPT

  1. noisome

    Noisome generally refers to something that is extremely offensive, disgusting, or harmful, particularly due to a foul odor. It can also signify something that is highly obnoxious or objectionable.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Noisomeadjective

    noxious to health; hurtful; mischievous; unwholesome; insalubrious; destructive; as, noisome effluvia

  2. Noisomeadjective

    offensive to the smell or other senses; disgusting; fetid

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Noisome

    noi′sum, adj. injurious to health: disgusting to sight or smell.—adv. Noi′somely.—n. Noi′someness. [M. E. noy, annoyance. Cf. Annoy.]

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  1. moonies

  2. Moonies

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of noisome in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of noisome in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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