nuisance
A minor annoyance or inconvenienceA minor annoyance or inconvenience.
» The telephone can be a nuisance.
Das Telefon kann eine Belästigung darstellen.
Телефон может быть неудобством.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A minor annoyance or inconvenience.
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!
Ärgernis, Ärger
неприя́тностьneprijátnostʹ, доса́даdosáda, неудо́бствоneudóbstvo
незручністьnezručnistʹ, ніяковістьnijakovistʹ, зніяковілістьznijakovilistʹ
(countable, uncountable)A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.
You can be such a nuisance when you don't get your way.
Quälgeist
(countable, uncountable)Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists.
a public nuisance
Belästigung
- (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive
- something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
Examples
48 sentencesThe telephone can be a nuisance.
ruТелефон может быть неудобством.
deDas Telefon kann eine Belästigung darstellen.
I hate to be a nuisance.
deTut mir leid zu nerven.
Tom is always being a nuisance.
We consider this quite a nuisance.
Don't make a nuisance of yourself.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English noysaunce, from Anglo-Norman nusaunce, nussance and Old French nuisancFrom 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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Forms
plural: nuisancesSynonyms
21 synonyms- something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness:annoyancebotherbotherationpaininflictionpain in the neckpain in the ass
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
22 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable