noisome

Etymology

From Middle English noysom; equivalent to noy + -some (short for annoy, from an(n)oien, enoien from Anglo-Norman anuier, from Old French enuier (French ennuyer), from Late Latin inodiare (“to make hateful”), from in- (intensive prefix) + odium (“hate”)).

adj

  1. (literary) Morally hurtful or noxious.
  2. (literary) Hurtful or noxious to health; unwholesome, insalubrious.
    There is a distinct sense of freedom in the solitude of the night. The day's atmosphere is surcharged with noisome anxiety, the hours laden with impending terrors. But the night is soothing. 1912, Alexander Berkman, chapter //dummy.host/index.php?title=s%3APrison_Memoirs_of_an_Anarchist%2FPart_I%2FChapter_6 6, in Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist
  3. (literary) Offensive to the senses; disgusting, unpleasant, nauseous, especially having an undesirable smell.

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