nuisance
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) A minor annoyance or inconvenience.
- (countable, uncountable) A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.
- (countable, uncountable) Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists.
Synonyms
annoying person
troublesome person
Translations
nuisance
Belästigung
overlast
seccatura
molestia
ενόχλησηFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈnuː.səns/
Etymology
In summary
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.
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