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noisome


noisome
Pronunciation: ⁄ˈnɔɪs(ə)m⁄
adjective
literary
·              having an extremely offensive smell:noisome vapours from the smouldering waste
·    very disagreeable or unpleasant:a noisome concoction of which cheap port is the basiseven if a journalist wanted to deliver the noisome truth, patriotism and censorship would prevent him


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