noisome

(noi'səm)
adj.

1. Offensive to the point of arousing disgust; foul: a noisome odor.
2. Harmful or dangerous: noisome fumes.

[Middle English noiesom : noie, harm (short for anoi, annoyance , from Old French , from anoier, to annoy; see annoy) + -som, adj. suff.; see -some¹.]

noisomely noi'some·ly adv.
noisomeness noi'some·ness n.

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means 'harmful, noxious' and has nothing to do with the word noise. It comes from a Middle English word nay, related to annoy.

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adjective

Having an unpleasant odor: fetid, foul, foul-smelling, malodorous, mephitic, reeky, stinking. Informal smelly. See smells/good smells/bad smells/smell.

adj

Definition: immoral, bad, offensive
Antonyms: good, just, moral, upright

noxious, unwholesome; offensive to the senses, esp: smell

See words rhyming with "noisome."

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - skadelig, usund, modbydelig, ildelugtende

Nederlands (Dutch)
schadelijk, ongezond, stinkend, walgelijk

Français (French)
adj. - immonde

Deutsch (German)
adj. - schädlich, stinkend, widerlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ανθυγιεινός, βλαβερός, δύσοσμος, κάκοσμος

Italiano (Italian)
nocivo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - nocivo, deletério

Русский (Russian)
вредный, зловонный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - fétido, dañino, nocivo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - motbjudande, stinkande, osund, ohälsosam

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
有害的, 有恶臭的, 有碍健康的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 有害的, 有惡臭的, 有礙健康的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 해로운, 악취가 나는, 불쾌한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - いやな, 不快な, 有害な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مؤذ, مثير للاشمئزاز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מזיק, מעורר-התנגדות, מצחין, דוחה‬

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