Definition of nuisance Nuisance

/nuˈsʌns/ - [nusuns] - nui•sance

We found 9 definitions of nuisance from 6 different sources.

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What does nuisance mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: nuisances

nuisance - (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive
  pain in the ass, bother, botheration, pain in the neck, infliction, annoyance, pain an act causing pain or damage
  jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
  abatable nuisance a nuisance that can remedied (suppressed or extinguished or rendered harmless); "the continued existence of an abatable nuisance is not authorized under the law"
  attractive nuisance anything on your premises that might attract children into danger or harm; "their swimming pool is an attractive nuisance; they should fence it in"
  mixed nuisance a nuisance that is both a public nuisance and a private nuisance at the same time
  private nuisance a nuisance that interferes with your interest in and private use and enjoyment of your land
nuisance - a bothersome annoying person; "that kid is a terrible pain"
  pain, pain in the neck
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • nuisance (Noun)
    A minor annoyance or inconvenience.
  • nuisance (Noun)
    A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.
  • nuisance (Noun)
    Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • nuisance (n.)
    That which annoys or gives trouble and vexation; that which is offensive or noxious.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • nuisance
    Something which annoys.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • nuisance
    nū′sans, n. that which annoys or hurts: that which troubles: that which is offensive.—n. Nū′isancer. [Fr.,—L. nocēre, to hurt.]

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