Obnoxious vs Noisome - What's the difference?
obnoxious | noisome |
Extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible.
(archaic) exposed to harm or injury.
* 1661 , , page 26,
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.
* (English Citations of "noisome")
As adjectives the difference between obnoxious and noisome
is that obnoxious is extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible while noisome is morally hurtful or noxious.obnoxious
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Alternative forms
* obnoctious (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- He was an especially obnoxious and detestable specimen of a man.
- Throwing stones at the bus is another example of your obnoxious behaviour.
- To begin then with his Experiment of the burning Wood, it seems to me to be obnoxious to not a few considerable Exceptions.
