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Noisome vs Detestable - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between noisome and detestable

is that noisome is morally hurtful or noxious while detestable is stimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking.

noisome

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Morally hurtful or noxious.
  • Hurtful or noxious to health; unwholesome, insalubrious.
  • Offensive to the senses; disgusting, unpleasant, nauseous; foul, fetid, especially having an undesirable smell; sickening, nauseating.
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    detestable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Stimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking.

    • Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "detestable" is often applied: crime, thing, practices, act, character, nature, person, conduct, villain, behavior.

    Derived terms

    * detestableness

    Related terms

    * detest * detestability

    See also

    * hateful * abominable * loathsome * horrid

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