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Definition of noisome
noisomely
adverbnoisomeness
nounFrom the M-W Editors
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Examples of noisome in a Sentence
it's no fun having asthma and living in an area with noisome smog
a noisome remark about my weight that stuck with me for days
Recent Examples of noisome from the Web
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This is much more of an insult’ Venezuelan protesters are using a new and noisome weapon against the government: jars filled with their own feces.
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The sleazy policy at the heart of this noisome deal is the bank’s insistence that any customer with a dispute must bring that dispute to arbitration, not to a courtroom.
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There’s a terrible coyness about scurvy because it was supposed to be, and was, a filthy, noisome disease.
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Did You Know?
Noisome sounds like it might be a synonym of noisy, but it's not. Something noisome is disgusting, offensive, or harmful, often in its smell. Noisome does not come from "noise," but from the Middle English word noysome, which has the same meaning as noisome. The noy of noisome means "annoyance," and comes from Anglo-French anui, which also means "annoyance." (As you may have already guessed, the English words annoy and annoyance are also related to noisome.)
Origin and Etymology of noisome
Middle English noysome, from noy annoyance, alteration of anoi, from Anglo-French anui, from anuier to harass, annoy — more at annoy
Synonym Discussion of noisome
NOISOME Defined for English Language Learners
noisome
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: very unpleasant or disgusting
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