noisome

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  1. adjective Offensive to the point of arousing disgust; foul: a noisome odor.
  2. adjective Harmful or dangerous: noisome fumes.

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  1. Middle English noiesom : noie, harm (short for anoi, annoyance, from Old French, from anoier, to annoy; see annoy) + -som, adj. suff.; see -some1.

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  1. Formerly also noysome, noisom; from noy + -some. Not connected with noise.
 

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/ˈnɔɪsəm/
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