Nuisance

Noun

 * 1) A minor annoyance or inconvenience.
 * 2) A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.
 * 3)  Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists.
 * a public nuisance

Synonyms

 * annoyance, inconvenience, offense
 * bother, obstacle, pest

Antonyms

 * enjoyment

Adjectives for Nuisance
prodigious; insufferable; unmitigated; civic; intolerable; rejected; everlasting; universal.

Verbs for Nuisance
abate—; bear—; beset by —s; eliminate—*, endure—; exterminate—; harass with —s; harrow with —s; inflict with —s; inveigh against—; overcome—; rectify—; upbraid —; —chafes; —distresses; —encumbers; — irks; —irritates; —offends; —pains; — plagues; —smarts; —weighs on.

Thesaurus
aggravation, annoyance, ass, bad news, bedevilment, besetment, bore, bother, botheration, bothersomeness, burden, buttonholer, crashing bore, devilment, difficulty, dogging, downer, drag, drip, dryasdust, dusty, exasperation, flat tire, frightful bore, harassment, harrying, hassle, headache, hounding, humdrum, inconvenience, irritant, irritation, molestation, nag, ordeal, persecution, pest, pester, pesterer, pill, plague, problem, proser, tease, tormenter, tormentor, trial, trouble, twaddler, vexation, vexatiousness, wet blanket, worriment, worry

Etymology
From nusaunce:, nussance: etc., from  nuisance:, from nuisire: ( <  noceo:)

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Indonesian: gangguan


 * Korean: 성가심, 불쾌함
 * Polish: niedogodność, uciążliwość
 * Portuguese: incômodo, distúrbio,
 * Spanish:, ,


 * Dutch: lastpost
 * Finnish:, ,
 * German: Quälgeist
 * Indonesian: orang rewel


 * Japanese: 厄介者
 * Polish: utrapieniec, utrapienie
 * Portuguese:, inadequado,
 * Spanish: ,


 * Dutch:
 * German:


 * Korean:
 * Polish: zakłócenie porządku

Derived terms

 * nuisance tax

Noun

 * 1) pollution
 * Les nuisances sonores sont un véritable fléau dans ce quartier.