noisomeness

noun

Definition of noisomenessnext
as in fetidness

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  1. stench
  2. funk
  3. malodor
  4. fetor
  5. stink
Noun
  • Obasi can’t stand the stench of this alien — who's also a commoner, to boot — and solves the inconvenience by handing him off to his queen Eshe (Thandiwe Newton), who'll raise him in the company of the pride’s females.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
  • And some days, its dusty air carries the stench of the polluted Salton Sea eight miles west.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of stench
Noun
  • The low, squelching funk of the beat and Richman’s high falsetto were tuned to such a uniquely perfect frequency that everyone was happy to hear them, again and again, and again.
    Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Thee Sacred Souls, the soul/R&B/funk trio from San Diego.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of funk
Noun
  • The panel was assembled to determine changes in oral malodor resulting from dietary manipulation.
    Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2014
  • The malodor of halitosis usually results from the bacterial breakdown of amino acids in food debris, saliva, blood, and postnasal drip in the oral cavity.
    H Lee Kagan, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2011
Definition of malodor
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  • The musty aroma didn’t supplant the fetor of failure and futility that hung in the air and along the corridors, like inert gases or the ghosts of the League of Nations.
    Alejandro Varela, Harper's magazine, 16 Sep. 2019
  • The fetor was historic, and writers pulled out the literary stops.
    Alexandra Mullen, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2017
Definition of fetor
Noun
  • The Giants gave Mike Kafka a promotion to assistant head coach last season to spray some cologne on their coaching staff’s stink coming off last season.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Yet, unlike the stink of GameStop, these are real, very real companies.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of stink
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