nuisance

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ˈn(j)uːsəns/
• (British) IPA: /ˈnjuːsəns/

Noun

nuisance

1. A minor annoyance or inconvenience.
2. A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.
3. (legal) 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

Related terms

• nuisance call
• nuisance tax

Translations

• French: embêtement, nuisance
• German: Ärgernis, Ärger
• Portuguese: incômodo, distúrbio, inconveniente
• Russian: неприя́тность
• Spanish: molestia, engorro, incomodidad, molienda (colloquial)

Translations

• German: Quälgeist
• Portuguese: inconveniente, inadequado, inoportuno
• Spanish: inconveniente, estorbo, pepla (colloquial)

Translations

• German: Belästigung

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