nuisance

  • 61nuisance — noun Etymology: Middle English nusaunce, noisaunce, from Anglo French, from nuisir, nuire to harm, from Latin nocēre more at noxious Date: 15th century 1. harm, injury 2. one that is annoying, unpleasant, or obnoxious ; pest …

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  • 62nuisance — n. any noxious substance, accumulating in refuse or as dust or effluent, that is deemed by British law to be injurious to health or offensive. It can also include dwellings, work premises, animals, and noise …

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  • 63nuisance — Synonyms and related words: aggravation, annoyance, ass, bad news, bedevilment, besetment, bore, bother, botheration, bothersomeness, burden, buttonholer, crashing bore, devilment, difficulty, dogging, downer, drag, drip, dryasdust, dusty,… …

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  • 64Nuisance — nf préjudice, dommage Normandie …

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  • 65nuisance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pest, annoyance, irritation, bore, bother. See evil. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A bother] Syn. annoyance, vexation, bore; see trouble 2 . 2. [An offense against the public] Syn. breach, infraction,… …

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  • 66nuisance — nui·sance || nuːsns / nju n. annoyance; annoying person; that which is illegal because it causes harm or annoyance (Law) …

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  • 67nuisance — noun a person or thing causing inconvenience or annoyance. ↘Law an act which is harmful or offensive to the public or a member of it and for which there is a legal remedy. Origin ME (in the sense injury ): from OFr., hurt , based on L. nocere to… …

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  • 68nuisance — n. Annoyance, plague, bane, infliction, pest, bore …

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  • 69nuisance — n 1. pest, bother, Inf. headache, Inf. pain, Sl. pain in the neck or rear, Sl. hassle, vexation, annoyance; irritant, bur, thorn in the side or flesh, pea in the shoe. 2. gadfly, buttonholer; bore, crashing bore, frightful bore, proser, twaddler …

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  • 70nuisance — nui·sance …

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