adj
Meaning 1
Morally hurtful or noxious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literary
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
noisome
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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rhymes with -ɔɪsəm
adj
Meaning 2
Hurtful or noxious to health; unwholesome, insalubrious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literary
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: injurious, noxious, unwholesome, unhealthful, harmful, damaging, deleterious, detrimental, hurtful, inimical, mischievous, nocent, nocuous, noisome, prejudicial, scathand, scathel, sullen, venom
Antonyms: salubrious, wholesome, healthful
adj
Meaning 3
Offensive to the senses; disgusting, unpleasant, nauseous, especially having an undesirable smell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literary
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: foul, fetid, sickening, nauseating, malodorous, stinking
Antonyms: fragrant, sweet-smelling, aromatic
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
offensively malodorous
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a foul odor
- the kitchen smelled really funky
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, smelly, stinking, ill-scented
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
causing or able to cause nausea
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a nauseating smell
- nauseous offal
- a sickening stench
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nauseating, nauseous, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English noysom; equivalent to noy + -some (short for annoy, from an(n)oien, enoien from Anglo-Norman anuier, from Old French enuier (French ennuyer), from Late Latin inodiare, from in- (intensive prefix) + odium (“hate”)).
Across languages
Translations
55 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 有害的 (yǒuhài de) — morally hurtful or noxious
- Czech: odporný — morally hurtful or noxious
- Dutch: schadelijk — morally hurtful or noxious
- Finnish: vahingollinen — morally hurtful or noxious
- French: désagréable — morally hurtful or noxious
- French: nuisible — morally hurtful or noxious
- Middle English: noysom — morally hurtful or noxious
- Romanian: nuizibil — morally hurtful or noxious
- Romanian: vătămător — morally hurtful or noxious
- Romanian: dăunător — morally hurtful or noxious
- Russian: отврати́тельный (otvratítelʹnyj) — morally hurtful or noxious
- Bulgarian: вреден (vreden) — hurtful or noxious to health
- Bulgarian: нездравословен (nezdravosloven) — hurtful or noxious to health
- Chinese Mandarin: 有毒的 (yǒudú dí) — hurtful or noxious to health
- Czech: škodlivý — hurtful or noxious to health
- Dutch: schadelijk — hurtful or noxious to health
- Finnish: haitallinen — hurtful or noxious to health
- French: nocif — hurtful or noxious to health
- French: insalubre — hurtful or noxious to health
- French: malsain — hurtful or noxious to health
- French: toxique — hurtful or noxious to health
- German: ungesund — hurtful or noxious to health
- German: schädlich — hurtful or noxious to health
- Italian: nocivo — hurtful or noxious to health
- Italian: insalubre — hurtful or noxious to health
- Italian: malsano — hurtful or noxious to health
- Middle English: noysom — hurtful or noxious to health
- Romanian: insalubru — hurtful or noxious to health
- Romanian: nesănătos — hurtful or noxious to health
- Russian: вре́дный (vrédnyj) — hurtful or noxious to health
- Russian: нездоро́вый (nezdoróvyj) — hurtful or noxious to health
- Russian: вредоно́сный (vredonósnyj) — hurtful or noxious to health
- Bulgarian: отвратителен (otvratitelen) — offensive to the senses
- Chinese Mandarin: 恶臭的 (èchòu de) — offensive to the senses
- Czech: odporný — offensive to the senses
- Dutch: walgelijk — offensive to the senses
- Dutch: misselijkmakend — offensive to the senses
- Dutch: degoutant — offensive to the senses
- Esperanto: naŭza — offensive to the senses
- Finnish: pahanhajuinen — offensive to the senses
- French: répugnant — offensive to the senses
- French: dégoutant — offensive to the senses
- German: widerlich — offensive to the senses
- German: ekelhaft — offensive to the senses
- German: eklig — offensive to the senses
- Italian: disgustoso — offensive to the senses
- Italian: repulsivo — offensive to the senses
- Latin: taeter — offensive to the senses
- Māori: kerakera — offensive to the senses
- Māori: weriweri — offensive to the senses
- Middle English: noysom — offensive to the senses
- Romanian: dezgustător — offensive to the senses
- Romanian: respingător — offensive to the senses
- Romanian: scârbos — offensive to the senses
- Russian: злово́нный (zlovónnyj) — offensive to the senses