different between harmful vs noisome

English

Alternative forms

• harmfull (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English harmful, from Old English *hearmful (suggested by hearmfull?? (“harmful; hurtful”)), equivalent to harm +? -ful.

Cognate with German harmvoll, Danish harmfuld, Swedish harmfull.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h??mfl?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h??mfl?/

Adjective

harmful (comparative harmfuller or more harmful, superlative harmfullest or most harmful)

1. of a kind likely to be damaging; injurious

   Wear a hat to protect your skin from harmful sunlight.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "harmful" is often applied: effect, consequence, impact, influence, emission, chemical, ingredient, substance, gas, agent, additive, drug, radiation, dust, organism, plant, animal, insect, action, act, behavior, component, content, activity, interference, use.

Synonyms

• injurious; see also Thesaurus:harmful

Antonyms

• beneficial
• harmless

Translations

See also

• harm

English

Etymology

From Middle English noy +? -some (short for annoy, from an(n)oien, enoien from Anglo-Norman anuier, from Old French enuier (French ennuyer), from Late Latin inodiare (“to make hateful”), from in- (intensive prefix) + odium (“hate”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n??.s?m/
• Rhymes: -??s?m

Adjective

noisome (comparative more noisome, superlative most noisome)

1. (literary) Morally hurtful or noxious.
2. (literary) Hurtful or noxious to health; unwholesome, insalubrious.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:harmful
3. (literary) Offensive to the senses; disgusting, unpleasant, nauseous, especially having an undesirable smell

   Synonyms: foul, fetid, sickening, nauseating

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Moonies, ionomes, moonies, niosome