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Meaning of Nuisance | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈnjuː.səns

Definitions

  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.

Equivalents

Català incomoditat lata molèstia pesat plepa
Čeština pohoršení protiva
Français embêtement nuisance
Gaeilge crá croí
Galego engarro enturro estorbo torgallo
עברית כאב ראש
Bahasa Indonesia gangguan
Kurdî kero
Latina nocumentum
Latviešu krusts
Nederlands ergernis lastpost ongemak overlast
Svenska olägenhet otyg
Kiswahili kero
Türkçe sıkıntı

Examples

“The neighbor's dog barking throughout the night is a right nuisance - I'm going to complain.”
“What a nuisance to have to go now!”
“By itself, nondifferentiability at zero is a minor nuisance.”
“You can be such a nuisance when you don't get your way.”
“With Vardy working tirelessly up front, chasing lost causes and generally making a nuisance of himself, Sevilla were never allowed to settle on a night when the atmosphere was electric inside the King Power Stadium.”
“a public nuisance”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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