noisome


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
noisome /ˈnɔɪs(ə)m/
adjective literary having an extremely offensive smell.

■ disagreeable; unpleasant.

– derivatives
noisomeness noun.
– origin ME: from obs. noy (shortened form of annoy) + -some1.
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