Meaning & use
Noisome
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Having an extremely unpleasant smell; offensive or disgusting.
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A noisome odor drifted from the garbage left rotting in the summer heat.
The swamp's noisome fumes made the hikers cover their noses.
A note on using this word
Despite its resemblance to "noisy," "noisome" has nothing to do with sound — it comes from "annoy," not "noise."
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