Meaning

3 senses
  1. (literary)Morally hurtful or noxious.

    отврати́тельныйotvratítelʹnyj

  2. (literary)Hurtful or noxious to health; unwholesome, insalubrious.

    ungesund, schädlich

    вре́дныйvrédnyj, нездоро́выйnezdoróvyj, вредоно́сныйvredonósnyj

  3. (literary)Offensive to the senses; disgusting, unpleasant, nauseous, especially having an undesirable smell.

    widerlich, ekelhaft, eklig

    злово́нныйzlovónnyj

More definitions
  • causing or able to cause nausea
  • offensively malodorous

Examples

1 sentences
  1. He was noisome at the table.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
morally hurtful or noxious:
hurtful or noxious to health:
offensive to the senses:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
hurtful or noxious to health:
offensive to the senses:

Origin

From Middle English noysom; equivalent to noy + -some (short for annoy, from an(n)oien, en

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”)).

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