noisome

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective causing or able to cause nausea
  2. adjective offensively malodorous

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, from in- (intensive prefix) + odium (“hate”)).

In classic literature

Synonyms

nauseating, nauseous, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile

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