nuisance
[noun]
Synonyms: problem, annoyance, bother, drag (informal), hassle (informal), inconvenience, irritation, pain in the neck, pest, trouble

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nui‧sance S3 /ˈnjuːsəns $ ˈnuː-/ noun
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Anglo-French; Origin: nusaunce, from Old French nuisir 'to harm']

1. [countable usually singular] a person, thing, or situation that annoys you or causes problems
a real/awful/terrible etc nuisance
The dogs next door are a real nuisance.
What a nuisance! British English:
What a nuisance! I’ve forgotten my ticket.
I hate to be a nuisance .../Sorry to be a nuisance ...
I hate to be a nuisance, but could you move your car to the other side of the street?
Stop making a nuisance of yourself (=annoying other people with your behaviour)!
It’s a nuisance having to get up that early on a Sunday morning.

2. [uncountable and countable] law the use of a place or property in a way that causes public annoyance:
The nightclub has been declared a public nuisance.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

nuisance
noun
ADJ. great | awful, bloody (taboo), confounded, damned It's an awful nuisance having builders in the house all day.
private, public, statutory (all law) He was charged with committing a public nuisance.
PREP. ~ to I don't want to be a nuisance to you.
PHRASES make a nuisance of yourself

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nuisance
ˈnju:sns
See: public nuisance

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