nuisance

nui·sance  (nsns, ny-)

n.

1. One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother: Having to stand in line was a nuisance. The disruptive child was a nuisance to the class.

2. Law A use of property or course of conduct that interferes with the legal rights of others by causing damage, annoyance, or inconvenience.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from nuire, nuis-, to harm, from Vulgar Latin *nocere, from Latin nocre; see nek-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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nuisance

Noun

a person or thing that causes annoyance or bother

Adjective

causing annoyance or bother: nuisance calls [Old French nuire to injure]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	nuisance - (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive pain in the ass, pain in the neck, bother, botheration, infliction, annoyance, pain - something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction" abatable nuisance - a nuisance that can remedied (suppressed or extinguished or rendered harmless); "the continued existence of an abatable nuisance is not authorized under the law" attractive nuisance - anything on your premises that might attract children into danger or harm; "their swimming pool is an attractive nuisance; they should fence it in" mixed nuisance - a nuisance that is both a public nuisance and a private nuisance at the same time private nuisance - a nuisance that interferes with your interest in and private use and enjoyment of your land common nuisance, public nuisance - a nuisance that unreasonably interferes with a right that is common to the general public; "a public nuisance offends the public at large" law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
	2.	nuisance - a bothersome annoying person; "that kid is a terrible pain" pain in the neck, pain disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable

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nuisance

noun trouble, problem, trial, bore, drag (informal) bother, plague, pest, irritation, hassle (informal) inconvenience, annoyance, pain (informal) pain in the neck (informal) pain in the backside (informal) pain in the butt (informal) << OPPOSITE benefit

Translations

nuisance [ˈnjuːsns] n → molestia, fastidio;

(person) → pesado, latoso;

what a nuisance! → ¡qué lata!

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nuisance [ˈnjuːsns] n it's a nuisance → c'est (très) ennuyeux or gênant;

he's a nuisance → il est assommant or casse-pieds;

what a nuisance! → quelle barbe!

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nuisance [ˈnjuːsns] n to be a nuisance → lästig sein;

(situation) → ärgerlich sein;

he's a nuisance → er geht einem auf die Nerven;

what a nuisance! → wie ärgerlich/lästig!

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nuisance [ˈnjuːsns] n it's a nuisance → è una seccatura;

he's a nuisance → lui dà fastidio;

what a nuisance! → che seccatura!