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nuisance
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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.

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

nuisance
Noun
a person or thing that causes annoyance or bother
Adjective
causing annoyance or bother: nuisance calls [Old French nuire to injure]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.nuisancenuisance - (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"
disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable

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] nmolestia, fastidio;
(person) → pesado, latoso;
what a nuisance! → ¡qué lata!

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!

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!

nuisance [ˈnjuːsns] n it's a nuisance → è una seccatura;
he's a nuisance → luifastidio;
what a nuisance! → che seccatura!

nuisance
n nuisance [ˈnjuːsns]
a person or thing that is annoying or troublesome That child is a terrible nuisance. irritasie إزْعاج، مَصْدَر إزْعاج напаст protiva, otrava, nepříjemnost belastning; plage die Plage ενόχληση, μπελάς molestia, fastidio tüütus مزاحمت؛ بلا kiusankappale plaie, fléau מִטרָד उपद्रव gnjavator,zanovijetalo kellemetlenség pengacau plága, sem er til vandræða seccatura うるさいもの 귀찮은 사람[]; 방해 kas įkyrus, varginantis, įkyruolis traucēklis pengganggu lastig iem./iets plage(ånd), pest og plage, uting coś dokuczliwego, utrapienie maçada belea, pacoste досада, неприятность; нудный человек otrava nadloga smetnja plåga, bråkstake การรบกวน dert, baş belâsı şey, musibet 討厭的人(或東西) прикрість; докучлива людина پريشان کن mối gây khó chịu 西


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