nuisance

nui-sance · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A person, thing, or circumstance causing inconvenience or annoyance.

  2. 2.

    (law) An act or condition that is harmful or offensive to the public or to an individual.

Forms

plural: nuisances

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    make a nuisance of oneself — to behave in an annoying way
  • •
    public nuisance — something that causes harm or annoyance to the general public

Related words

Antonyms: delight, pleasure
See also: annoyance, bother, irritation, pest
Synonyms: annoyance, bother, irritation, pest

Etymology

From Old French nuisance ("harm, damage"), from nuire ("to harm"), from Latin nocere ("to hurt").