MEANING
1. Offensively foul-smelling or otherwise repulsively unpleasant.
2. Harmful or injurious to health, especially in older usage.
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Rotting remains; a smell exposing hidden contamination; revulsion at foul matterGive odor a repellent quality without confusing it with loudness.
Words that belong together
- noisome odor
- noisome fumes
- noisome decay
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A noisome odor escaped from the specimen bag.
The noisome remains had drawn a cloud of flies.
She covered her mouth when the noisome fumes reached the stairhead.
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Not a variant of noisy. Usually emphasizes repellent odor in modern literary use; foul smell alone does not prove toxicity. Adjective; comparison: more noisome, most noisome.
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