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noisesome

noisesome is the alternative form of noisome.

Meaning of noisome

Adjective

noisome (comparative more noisome, superlative most noisome)

  1. (literary) Morally hurtful or noxious.
  2. (literary) Hurtful or noxious to health; unwholesome, insalubrious.
    • Surely he shall deliuer thee from the snare of the fouler: and from the noisome pestilence.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 91:3
  3. (literary) Offensive to the senses; disgusting, unpleasant, nauseous, especially having an undesirable smell.
    • Foule words is but foule wind, and foule wind is but foule breath, and foule breath is noiſome, therefore I will depart vnkist.1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Forms of noisesome

comparativemore noisesome
superlativemost noisesome

Questions about noisesome

What is noisesome the alternative form of?
Noisesome is the alternative form of noisome.

Words near noisesome in the dictionary

  1. noiseproofs
  2. noises
  3. noises off
  4. noisescape
  5. noisescapes
  6. noisesome
  7. noisest
  8. noiseth
  9. noisette
  10. noisettes
  11. noisey

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