nuisance
noun/ˈnjuːsns/
/ˈnuːsns/
- [countable, usually singular] a thing, person or situation that is annoying or causes trouble or problems
- I don't want to be a nuisance so tell me if you want to be alone.
- I hope you're not making a nuisance of yourself.
- It's a nuisance having to go back tomorrow.
- What a nuisance!
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesc1- It's an awful nuisance having builders in the house all day.
- This new system is nothing but a nuisance.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- real
- minor
- …
- nuisance to
- make a nuisance of yourself
- [countable, uncountable] (law) behaviour by somebody that annoys other people and that a court can order the person to stop
- He was charged with causing a public nuisance.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- real
- minor
- …
- nuisance to
- make a nuisance of yourself
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘injury, hurt’): from Old French, ‘hurt’, from the verb nuire, from Latin nocere ‘to harm’.
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