Nuisance
/ˈnjuː.səns/ noun
noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A minor annoyance or inconvenience. countable, uncountable
"The neighbor's dog barking throughout the night is a right nuisance - I'm going to complain."
- 2 something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness wordnet
- 3 A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience. countable, uncountable
"You can be such a nuisance when you don't get your way."
- 4 (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive wordnet
- 5 Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists. countable, uncountable
"a public nuisance"
Example
More examples"Chicken pox is an itchy nuisance for kids."
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.