noisome vs noisy

noisome

Definitions

adjective

  1. causing or able to cause nausea
  2. offensively malodorous

Examples

They saw in it a haven for traditional values that might, in time, restore their idealized America, now overrun by waves of immigration and noisome industrialization.

Faced with this sort of noisome buffoonery, there is a danger of underreaction.

Morrell told them what a noisome stews the place was, insulted the

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noisy

Definitions

adjective

  1. full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds
  2. attracting attention by showiness or bright colors

Examples

While the Irish government generates a lot of noisy, self-righteous cant about the evils of cigarettes at home, it makes a pretty packet from ‘selling death’ abroad.

What would you say to Mrs So-and-so who has called to complain about a noisy neighbour?

People feared the development would cause traffic gridlock and claimed noisy fans would make their lives a misery.

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