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NOISOMENESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does noisomeness mean?
• NOISOMENESS (noun)
The noun NOISOMENESS has 1 sense:
1. the quality of being noxious
Familiarity information: NOISOMENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being noxious
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
harmfulness; noisomeness; noxiousness
Hypernyms ("noisomeness" is a kind of...):
morbidity; morbidness; unwholesomeness (the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you)
Derivation:
noisome (offensively malodorous)
noisome (causing or able to cause nausea)
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"The stingy has a big porch and little morality." (Arabic proverb)
"Just toss it in my hat and I'll sort it to-morrow." (Dutch proverb)