nuisance
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English noysaunce, from Anglo-Norman nusaunce, nussance and Old French nuisance, from nuisir ("to harm"), from Latin noceō.
Pronunciation Nounnuisance
- A minor annoyance or inconvenience.
- The neighbor's dog barking throughout the night is a right nuisance - I'm going to complain.
- A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.
- You can be such a nuisance when you don't get your way.
- (legal) Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists.
- a public nuisance
- (minor annoyance or inconvenience) annoyance, inconvenience, offense
- (person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience) bother, obstacle, pest
- (antonym(s) of “minor annoyance or inconvenience”): enjoyment
- French: embêtement, nuisance
- German: Ärgernis, Ärger
- Portuguese: incômodo, distúrbio, inconveniente, pedra no sapato (slang)
- Russian: неприя́тность
- Spanish: molestia, engorro, incomodidad, molienda (colloquial)
- German: Quälgeist
- Portuguese: inconveniente, inadequado, inoportuno
- Spanish: inconveniente, estorbo, pepla (colloquial)
- German: Belästigung
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