"nuisance" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnuː.səns/ [General-American], /ˈnjuː.səns/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-nuisance.ogg [US] Forms: nuisances [plural]
Rhymes: -uːsəns Etymology: From Middle English noysaunce, from Anglo-Norman nusaunce, nussance and Old French nuisance, from nuisir (“to harm”), from Latin nocēre. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*neḱ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|noysaunce}} Middle English noysaunce, {{der|en|xno|nusaunce}} Anglo-Norman nusaunce, {{m|fro|nussance}} nussance, {{der|en|fro|nuisance}} Old French nuisance, {{m|fro|nuisir||to harm}} nuisir (“to harm”), {{der|en|la|noceō|nocēre}} Latin nocēre Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} nuisance (countable and uncountable, plural nuisances)
  1. A minor annoyance or inconvenience. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (minor annoyance or inconvenience): annoyance, inconvenience, offense Translations (minor annoyance or inconvenience): إِزْعَاج (ʔizʕāj) [masculine] (Arabic), досада (dosada) [feminine] (Bulgarian), неприятност (neprijatnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), molèstia [feminine] (Catalan), incomoditat [feminine] (Catalan), lata [feminine] (Catalan), 討厭的事 (Chinese Mandarin), 讨厌的事 (tǎoyàn de shì) (Chinese Mandarin), 麻煩事 (Chinese Mandarin), 麻烦事 (máfan shì) (english: thing) (Chinese Mandarin), 討厭的人 (Chinese Mandarin), 讨厌的人 (tǎoyàn de rén) (Chinese Mandarin), 麻煩人 (Chinese Mandarin), 麻烦人 (máfan rén) [person] (Chinese Mandarin), overlast [masculine] (Dutch), harmi (Finnish), kiusa (Finnish), riesa (Finnish), embêtement [masculine] (French), nuisance [feminine] (French), encambullada [feminine] (Galician), enfolico [masculine] (Galician), engarro [masculine] (Galician), Ärgernis [neuter] (German), Ärger [masculine] (German), μπελάς (belás) [masculine] (Greek), βάσανο (vásano) [neuter] (Greek), ενόχληση (enóchlisi) [feminine] (Greek), kellemetlenség (Hungarian), bosszúság (Hungarian), gangguan (Indonesian), crá croí [masculine] (Irish), 迷惑 (meiwaku) (alt: めいわく) (Japanese), 迷惑な物 (meiwaku na mono) (english: thing) (alt: めいわくなもの) (Japanese), 迷惑な人 (alt: めいわくなひと) [person] (Japanese), ingisu (Kabuverdianu), 성가심 (seonggasim) (Korean), 불쾌함 (bulkwaeham) (Korean), pōrearea (Maori), whakahōhā (Maori), emmèrde [feminine] (Norman), Ploag [feminine] (Plautdietsch), niedogodność [feminine] (Polish), uciążliwość [feminine] (Polish), incômodo (Portuguese), distúrbio (Portuguese), inconveniente (Portuguese), pedra no sapato [slang] (Portuguese), неприя́тность (neprijátnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), доса́да (dosáda) [feminine] (Russian), неудо́бство (neudóbstvo) [neuter] (Russian), поме́ха (poméxa) [feminine] (Russian), ньюснс (nʹjusns) [masculine] (Russian), molestia [feminine] (Spanish), engorro [masculine] (Spanish), incomodidad [feminine] (Spanish), molienda [colloquial, feminine] (Spanish), sıkıntı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-nuisance-en-noun-9c5HQiah Disambiguation of 'minor annoyance or inconvenience': 78 21 1 Disambiguation of 'minor annoyance or inconvenience': 78 21 1
  2. A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience): bother, obstacle, pest Translations (person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience): досадник (dosadnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), pesat [masculine] (Catalan), plepa [colloquial, feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 麻煩事 (Chinese Mandarin), 麻烦事 (máfan shì) (Chinese Mandarin), 討厭的事 (Chinese Mandarin), 讨厌的事 (tǎoyàn de shì) (english: thing) (Chinese Mandarin), 麻煩人 (Chinese Mandarin), 麻烦人 (máfan rén) (Chinese Mandarin), 討厭的人 (Chinese Mandarin), 讨厌的人 (tǎoyàn de rén) (Chinese Mandarin), 討厭鬼 (Chinese Mandarin), 讨厌鬼 (tǎoyànguǐ) [person] (Chinese Mandarin), lastpost [masculine] (Dutch), agacaĵo (Esperanto), malagrablaĵo (Esperanto), kiusankappale (Finnish), riesa (Finnish), maanvaiva (Finnish), arniveque [masculine] (Galician), torgallo [masculine] (Galician), pentenexo [masculine] (Galician), pexo [masculine] (Galician), enturro [masculine] (Galician), canfornio [masculine] (Galician), arrancallo [masculine] (Galician), zaquizallo [masculine] (Galician), xecas [masculine] (Galician), Quälgeist [masculine] (German), orang rewel (Indonesian), crá croí [masculine] (Irish), 厄介者 (yakkai-mono) (alt: やっかいもの) (Japanese), 迷惑な物 (meiwaku na mono) (english: thing) (alt: めいわくなもの) (Japanese), 迷惑な人 (alt: めいわくなひと) [person] (Japanese), pōrearea (Maori), Onjenieech [neuter] (Plautdietsch), utrapieniec [masculine, person] (Polish), utrapienie [neuter] (Polish), inconveniente (Portuguese), inadequado (Portuguese), inoportuno (Portuguese), inconveniente [masculine] (Spanish), estorbo [masculine] (Spanish), pepla [colloquial, feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-nuisance-en-noun-JUVqut~y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 59 35 Disambiguation of 'person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience': 20 78 3 Disambiguation of 'person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience': 19 79 3
  3. (law) Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Translations (law: anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it): overlast [masculine] (Dutch), Belästigung [feminine] (German), botrány (Hungarian), botrányokozás (Hungarian), közbotrányokozás (Hungarian), botránkozás (Hungarian), megbotránkozás (Hungarian), núis [feminine] (Irish), 방해 (banghae) (Korean), noysaunce (Middle English), zakłócenie porządku [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-nuisance-en-noun-zQWP4ceR Topics: law Disambiguation of 'law: anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it': 3 4 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: faff [British, slang], hassle, irritation, nuisance, palaver [British], peeve, plague, trouble, vexation Derived forms: attractive nuisance, make a nuisance of oneself, nuisance call, nuisance caller, nuisance fee, nuisance ground, nuisance parameter, nuisance tax

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          "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
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          "word": "encambullada"
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          "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
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          "word": "enfolico"
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
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          "_dis1": "78 21 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Ärger"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "belás",
          "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "μπελάς"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "vásano",
          "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "βάσανο"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "enóchlisi",
          "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ενόχληση"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
          "word": "kellemetlenség"
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        {
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
          "word": "bosszúság"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
          "word": "gangguan"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "crá croí"
        },
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          "alt": "めいわく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "meiwaku",
          "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
          "word": "迷惑"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 21 1",
          "alt": "めいわくなもの",
          "code": "ja",
          "english": "thing",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "meiwaku na mono",
          "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
          "word": "迷惑な物"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "迷惑な人"
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          "code": "kea",
          "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
          "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
          "word": "ingisu"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "seonggasim",
          "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
          "word": "성가심"
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        {
          "_dis1": "78 21 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bulkwaeham",
          "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
          "word": "불쾌함"
        },
        {
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
          "word": "pōrearea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 21 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
          "word": "whakahōhā"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 21 1",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "emmèrde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 21 1",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Ploag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 21 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "niedogodność"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 21 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "uciążliwość"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 21 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
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      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
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      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "inconvenience"
    },
    {
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
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    {
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
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    },
    {
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "obstacle"
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:nuisance",
      "word": "hassle"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:nuisance",
      "word": "irritation"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:nuisance",
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    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:nuisance",
      "tags": [
        "British"
      ],
      "word": "palaver"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:nuisance",
      "word": "peeve"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:nuisance",
      "word": "plague"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:nuisance",
      "word": "trouble"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:nuisance",
      "word": "vexation"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔizʕāj",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "إِزْعَاج"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dosada",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "досада"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neprijatnost",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "неприятност"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "molèstia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "incomoditat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lata"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "討厭的事"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tǎoyàn de shì",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "讨厌的事"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "麻煩事"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "thing",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "máfan shì",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "麻烦事"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "討厭的人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tǎoyàn de rén",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "讨厌的人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "麻煩人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "máfan rén",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "person"
      ],
      "word": "麻烦人"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "overlast"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "harmi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "kiusa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "riesa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "embêtement"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nuisance"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "encambullada"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "enfolico"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "engarro"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Ärgernis"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ärger"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "belás",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μπελάς"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vásano",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "βάσανο"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "enóchlisi",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ενόχληση"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "kellemetlenség"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "bosszúság"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "gangguan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crá croí"
    },
    {
      "alt": "めいわく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "meiwaku",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "迷惑"
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    {
      "alt": "めいわくなもの",
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "thing",
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      "roman": "meiwaku na mono",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "迷惑な物"
    },
    {
      "alt": "めいわくなひと",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "person"
      ],
      "word": "迷惑な人"
    },
    {
      "code": "kea",
      "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "ingisu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seonggasim",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "성가심"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bulkwaeham",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "불쾌함"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "pōrearea"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "whakahōhā"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "emmèrde"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ploag"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "niedogodność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "uciążliwość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "incômodo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "distúrbio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "inconveniente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "pedra no sapato"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neprijátnostʹ",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "неприя́тность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dosáda",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "доса́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neudóbstvo",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "неудо́бство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poméxa",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "поме́ха"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dosáda",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "доса́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nʹjusns",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ньюснс"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "molestia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "engorro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "incomodidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "molienda"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "minor annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "sıkıntı"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dosadnik",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "досадник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pesat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plepa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "麻煩事"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "máfan shì",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "麻烦事"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "討厭的事"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "thing",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tǎoyàn de shì",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "讨厌的事"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "麻煩人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "máfan rén",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "麻烦人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "討厭的人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tǎoyàn de rén",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "讨厌的人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "討厭鬼"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tǎoyànguǐ",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "person"
      ],
      "word": "讨厌鬼"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lastpost"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "agacaĵo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "malagrablaĵo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "kiusankappale"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "riesa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "maanvaiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arniveque"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "torgallo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pentenexo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pexo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "enturro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "canfornio"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arrancallo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zaquizallo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xecas"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Quälgeist"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "orang rewel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crá croí"
    },
    {
      "alt": "やっかいもの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yakkai-mono",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "厄介者"
    },
    {
      "alt": "めいわくなもの",
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "thing",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "meiwaku na mono",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "迷惑な物"
    },
    {
      "alt": "めいわくなひと",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "person"
      ],
      "word": "迷惑な人"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "pōrearea"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Onjenieech"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "person"
      ],
      "word": "utrapieniec"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "utrapienie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "inconveniente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "inadequado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "word": "inoportuno"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inconveniente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "estorbo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pepla"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "law: anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "overlast"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "law: anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Belästigung"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "law: anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it",
      "word": "botrány"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "law: anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it",
      "word": "botrányokozás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "law: anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it",
      "word": "közbotrányokozás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "law: anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it",
      "word": "botránkozás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "law: anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it",
      "word": "megbotránkozás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "law: anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "núis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "banghae",
      "sense": "law: anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it",
      "word": "방해"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "law: anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it",
      "word": "noysaunce"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "law: anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zakłócenie porządku"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nuisance"
}

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