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- Dictionarynuisance/ˈnjuːsns/
noun
- 1. a person or thing causing inconvenience or annoyance: "it's a nuisance having all those people clomping through the house"
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someone or something that causes a problem for other people, an area, etc. that may be able to be solved by the law: Residents claim that the company's emissions are harmful and constitute a nuisance. noise/odour/public nuisance The EPA says the landfill is a public nuisance because of the odors.
The meaning of NUISANCE is harm, injury. How to use nuisance in a sentence. What is an attractive nuisance?
NUISANCE meaning: 1. something or someone that annoys you or causes trouble for you: 2. to cause trouble or to annoy…. Learn more.
Nuisance definition: an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, practice, etc.. See examples of NUISANCE used in a sentence.
1. an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, practice, etc. 2. Law. harm, injury, or disturbance, as to use of property, health, safety, or decency. [1375–1425; late Middle English nu (i)sa (u)nce < Anglo-French; Old French nuisance harm < nuis (ant), past participle of nuire to harm]
If you say that someone or something is a nuisance, you mean that they annoy you or cause you problems.
Whether it’s a mosquito or your little brother pestering you about the laundry, you can use the word nuisance to describe something that causes small annoyances. The noun nuisance traces back to the Latin word nocere, meaning “to harm.”.
