Associations to the word «Noisome»

Wiktionary

NOISOME, adjective. Morally hurtful or noxious.
NOISOME, adjective. Hurtful or noxious to health; unwholesome, insalubrious.
NOISOME, adjective. Offensive to the senses; disgusting, unpleasant, nauseous; foul, fetid, especially having an undesirable smell; sickening, nauseating.

Dictionary definition

NOISOME, adjective. Causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench".
NOISOME, adjective. Offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats