nuisance

About 2.77 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A minor annoyance or inconvenience.

   The neighbor's dog barking throughout the night is a right nuisance - I'm going to complain.

2. noun A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.

   You can be such a nuisance when you don't get your way.

3. noun Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists.

   a public nuisance

Similar words

pain in the neck pain in the ass botheration bother annoyance pain irritation anger hassle troublesome

Often followed by

to and of in is or value by that

Word family

nuisances