noisome

Everyday

1. (literary) Having a very nasty smell: «a noisome swamp». tree →
2. (old) Harmful or very unpleasant. tree →

In the lessons

A rare literary word for disgusting places in stories: dungeons, sewers, rubbish tips. In the Bible (Psalm 91) God protects from «the noisome pestilence» (a harmful disease).

Examples

• A noisome smell came from the drain. tree →
• The prisoners lay in a noisome dungeon. tree →
• Flies buzzed over the noisome rubbish. tree →
• The psalm speaks of the noisome pestilence. tree →
• The pond had become a noisome swamp. tree →
• We held our noses near the noisome bins. tree →
• "No," replied the sturdy lad, "the pigeon is for my seven blind mothers, who live in the noisome dungeon, and who would die if I did not bring them food." tree →

Note

Trap: «noisome» has nothing to do with noise! It comes from an old word «noy» (annoy). It means smelly or harmful, not loud.

In Jewish tradition

It means harmful and foul, as in a deadly plague or bad weeds, or a sore with a bad smell. In the primary lessons: A rare literary word for disgusting places in stories: dungeons, sewers, rubbish tips. In the Bible (Psalm 91) God protects from «the noisome pestilence» (a harmful disease).

Examples

• My wounds are noisome, they fester, because of my foolishness. (Writings PSA.38.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and noisome weeds instead of barley. (Writings JOB.31.40, JPS 1917) tree →
• That He will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. (Writings PSA.91.3, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Trap: «noisome» has nothing to do with noise! It comes from an old word «noy» (annoy). It means smelly or harmful, not loud.