nuisance
Plural: nuisances
Noun
- A person, thing, or circumstance causing annoyance or trouble.
- (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive
- a bothersome annoying person
- A minor annoyance or inconvenience.
- A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.
- Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists.
Examples
- a public nuisance
- That lone ’U’ tile was a real ’NUISANCE’, making it hard to form high-scoring words.
- The neighbor's dog barking throughout the night is a right nuisance - I'm going to complain.
- What a nuisance to have to go now!
- You can be such a nuisance when you don't get your way.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English noysaunce, from Anglo-Norman nusaunce, nussance and Old French nuisance, from nuisir (“to harm”), from Latin nocēre. Doublet of nocence and nocency.
Synonyms
pain, pain in the neck, annoyance, bother, faff, grievance, hassle, inconvenience, irritation, nuisance, obstacle, offense, palaver, peeve, pest, plague, trouble, vexation
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 10
nuisance: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordnuisance: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
nuisance: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary