Category:Noisome

Noi"some, a. Etym: [for noysome, fr. noy for annoy. See annoy.]

1. Noxious to health; hurtful; mischievous; unwholesome; Insalubrious; destructive; as, noisome effluvia. "noisome Pestilence." Ps. xci. 3.

2. Offensive to the smell or other senses; disgusting; fetid. "foul Breath is noisome." Shak. -- noi"some*ly, adv. -- noi"some*ness, n.

Syn. -- noxious; unwholesome; insalubrious; mischievous; destructive. -- noisome, noxious. These words have to a great extent been Interchanged; but there is a tendency to make a distinction between Them, applying noxious to things that inflict evil directly; as, a Noxious plant, noxious practices, etc., and noisome to things that Operate with a remoter influence; as, noisome vapors, a noisome Pestilence, etc. Noisome has the additional sense of disqusting. A Garden may be free from noxious weeds or animals; but, if recently Covered with manure, it may be filled with a noisome smell.