Witches 3 Flashcards

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noisome

A

unpleasant and offensive, especially of a smell

“It was a grotesque, noisome scandal.”

“The jail’s noisome stench polluted the neighbourhood around it.”

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pestiferous

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harbouring infection or disease; or humorously, constituting a pest or nuisance

“That pestiferous nephew of yours trampled my begonias.”

“The pestiferous liquid was a sickly shade of pale green.”

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molder

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slowly decay or disintegrate, especially because of neglect

“He moldered away in the fetid cell.”

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