Nuisance

English

Noun

Nuisance (plural Nuisances)

1. A minor annoyance or inconvenience.
2. A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.
3. (law) Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists.

   a public nuisance

Synonyms

• (minor annoyance or inconvenience): annoyance, inconvenience, offense
• (person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience): bother, obstacle, pest

Antonyms

• (minor annoyance or inconvenience): enjoyment

Adjectives for Nuisance

prodigious; insufferable; unmitigated; civic; intolerable; rejected; everlasting; universal.

Verbs for Nuisance

abate—; bear—; beset by —s; eliminate—*, endure—; exterminate—; harass with —s; harrow with —s; inflict with —s; inveigh against—; overcome—; rectify—; upbraid —; —chafes; —distresses; —encumbers; — irks; —irritates; —offends; —pains; — plagues; —smarts; —weighs on.

Thesaurus

aggravation, annoyance, ass, bad news, bedevilment, besetment, bore, bother, botheration, bothersomeness, burden, buttonholer, crashing bore, devilment, difficulty, dogging, downer, drag, drip, dryasdust, dusty, exasperation, flat tire, frightful bore, harassment, harrying, hassle, headache, hounding, humdrum, inconvenience, irritant, irritation, molestation, nag, ordeal, persecution, pest, pester, pesterer, pill, plague, problem, proser, tease, tormenter, tormentor, trial, trouble, twaddler, vexation, vexatiousness, wet blanket, worriment, worry

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman nusaunce, nussance etc., from Old French nuisance, from nuisire (“to harm”) ( < Latin noceō (“I harm”))

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈnjuːsəns/, SAMPA: /"nju:.s@ns/
• (US) IPA: /ˈnuːsəns/, SAMPA: /"nu:.s@ns/

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Translations

minor annoyance or inconvenience

Dutch: overlast (nl) m. Finnish: harmi (fi), kiusa (fi), riesa (fi) French: embêtement (fr) m. German: Ärgernis (de) n. Indonesian: gangguan (id)

Korean: 성가심 (ko) (seonggasim), 불쾌함 (ko) (bulkwaeham) Polish: niedogodność f., uciążliwość f. Portuguese: incômodo (pt), distúrbio (pt), inconveniente (pt) Spanish: molestia (es) f., engorro (es) m., incomodidad (es) f.

person or thing causing annoyance of inconvenience

Dutch: lastpost (nl) m. Finnish: kiusankappale (fi), riesa (fi), maanvaiva (fi) German: Quälgeist (de) m. Indonesian: orang rewel (id)

Japanese: 厄介者 (ja) (yakkai-mono) Polish: utrapieniec m., utrapienie n. Portuguese: inconveniente (pt), inadequado (pt), inoportuno (pt) Spanish: inconveniente (es) m., estorbo (es) m.

law: anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it

Dutch: overlast (nl) m. German: Belästigung (de) f.

Korean: 방해 (ko) (banghae) Polish: zakłócenie porządku n.

Derived terms

• nuisance tax

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French

Noun

Nuisance f. (plural Nuisances)

1. pollution

   Les nuisances sonores sont un véritable fléau dans ce quartier.

Etymology

Old French