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as in disgusting
causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment
a noisome remark about my weight that stuck with me for days
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as in stinking
having an unpleasant smell
the noisome air of the area of the city that was downwind of the dog food factory
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as in poisonous
bad for the well-being of the body
it's no fun having asthma and living in an area with noisome smog
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Recent Examples of noisome
Having gone in the tank for Griffin, North Carolina’s highest courts are a noisome example of why partisanship ought to have no place in judicial selection.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
13 May 2025
To question the sincerity of the president’s rhetoric—and that of his party—is not to dismiss the challenge posed by the various noisome currents of antidemocratic sentiment and behavior running through our politics like the effluence of overflowing sewers.
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Gerard Baker,
WSJ,
7 Nov. 2022
Performers like Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity, who long ago bartered their integrity and believability for money and ratings, can peddle their noisome pro-Trump propaganda on Fox News.
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Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2022
But Trudeau is using it to get rid of a political headache: the loud, noisome, but nonviolent blockade of bridges in Canada and the downtown of the nation’s capital.
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Michael Brendan Dougherty,
National Review,
16 Feb. 2022
But her water bowl is filled with a noisome black, brackish liquid — what has fouled it, and for how long, is anyone’s guess.
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Gene Weingarten,
Washington Post,
8 Nov. 2021
And there were some years where his fame was turned infamous by serious accusations of the most noisome acts.
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Ashley Cullins,
Billboard,
3 May 2021
Farmers agreed to reduce the emissions of the country’s noisome pigs.
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The Economist,
9 July 2019
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
13 May 2025
To question the sincerity of the president’s rhetoric—and that of his party—is not to dismiss the challenge posed by the various noisome currents of antidemocratic sentiment and behavior running through our politics like the effluence of overflowing sewers.
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Gerard Baker,
WSJ,
7 Nov. 2022
Performers like Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity, who long ago bartered their integrity and believability for money and ratings, can peddle their noisome pro-Trump propaganda on Fox News.
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Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2022
But Trudeau is using it to get rid of a political headache: the loud, noisome, but nonviolent blockade of bridges in Canada and the downtown of the nation’s capital.
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Michael Brendan Dougherty,
National Review,
16 Feb. 2022
But her water bowl is filled with a noisome black, brackish liquid — what has fouled it, and for how long, is anyone’s guess.
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Gene Weingarten,
Washington Post,
8 Nov. 2021
And there were some years where his fame was turned infamous by serious accusations of the most noisome acts.
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Ashley Cullins,
Billboard,
3 May 2021
Farmers agreed to reduce the emissions of the country’s noisome pigs.
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The Economist,
9 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for noisome
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French broadcaster French Pierron was under fire for calling childbirth 'a disgusting moment.
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How to make the moment scary but watchable, disgusting but entrancing?
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America’s political landscape has become a stinking mess.
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America’s political landscape has become a stinking mess.
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The cane toad, also known as the bufo toad or the marine toad, is known for the large, poisonous glands behind its eyes that secrete toxins when it’s touched.
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Berlin — Authorities across Germany have been battling an aggressive outbreak of poisonous caterpillars, which can cause severe health issues and have led to the closure of parks and other outdoor spaces, including in Berlin.
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With one notable exception, everyone over there has nothing but ugly things to say about their main villa counterparts.
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Women superheroes have always activated an ugly segment of the internet.
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After a hard foul and subsequent yellow card by Mohannad Abu Taha, Argentina was set up with a free kick just inches outside the 18-yard box.
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And then in the third, borderline, foul-ball homer right there.
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The wetland has absorbed toxic runoff from a warehouse fire before, resulting in a fish die-off.
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The exhibit is in partnership with the Houston Museum of Natural Science and explores the hidden dangers of the natural world, such as poisonous, venomous, or toxic plants and animals.
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Toxic fumes are leaking into airplanes and sickening passengers and crew members at an alarming rate, according to a September 2025 report by The Wall Street Journal.
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The concept of this many women vying for West is somewhat sickening to me.
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Skunks can cause anxiety in homeowners by harming lawns and possibly threatening Rover with their malodorous defenses.
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Be advised that only a small fraction of arums are malodorous.
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“Noisome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noisome. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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