noisome smell
1Noisome — Noi some, a. [For noysome, fr. noy for annoy. See {Annoy}.] 1. Noxious to health; hurtful; mischievous; unwholesome; insalubrious; destructive; as, noisome effluvia. Noisome pestilence. Ps. xci. 3. [1913 Webster] 2. Offensive to the smell or… …
2noisome / noisy — Noisome means disgusting, offensive, and potentially harmful : A noisome smell arose from the garbage can. Noisy means making a lot of sound or racket : With so many children, it became a noisy day care center …
3noisome / noisy — Noisome means disgusting, offensive, and potentially harmful : A noisome smell arose from the garbage can. Noisy means making a lot of sound or racket : With so many children, it became a noisy day care center …
4smell|y — «SMEHL ee», adjective, smell|i|er, smell|i|est. having or giving out a strong or unpleasant smell: »I wonder what makes the sea so smelly. I don t like it (Rudyard Kipling). SYNONYM( …
5noisome — ► ADJECTIVE literary 1) having an extremely offensive smell. 2) disagreeable; unpleasant. ORIGIN from obsolete noy (shortened form of ANNOY(Cf. ↑annoying)) …
6Noisome — Offensive to the senses and especially disgusting, offensive, or harmful to the sense of smell. For example, the smell of a chemical such as formaldehyde can be noisome. Noisome comes from the Middle English noy meaning annoyance, and enui which… …
7noisome — adjective Etymology: Middle English noysome, from noy annoyance, alteration of anoi, from Anglo French anui, from anuier to harass, annoy more at annoy Date: 14th century 1. noxious, harmful 2. a. offensive to the senses and especially to the… …
8noisome — noi|some [ nɔısəm ] adjective LITERARY extremely unpleasant, especially because of being very dirty or having a bad smell …
9noisome — [ nɔɪs(ə)m] adjective literary having an extremely offensive smell. ↘disagreeable; unpleasant. Derivatives noisomeness noun Origin ME: from obs. noy (shortened form of annoy) + some1 …
10noisome — UK [ˈnɔɪs(ə)m] / US [ˈnɔɪsəm] adjective literary extremely unpleasant, especially because of being very dirty or having a bad smell …
