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Synonyms for nuisance
ˈnu səns, ˈnyu-nui·sance

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Wiktionary2.3 / 3 votes

  1. nuisancenoun

    A minor annoyance or inconvenience.

    Synonyms:
    inconvenience, annoyance, offense

    Antonyms:
    enjoyment

  2. nuisancenoun

    A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.

    Synonyms:
    obstacle, pest, bother

English Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 2 votes

  1. nuisance

    Abomination (from the Latin ab omen, a thing of ill omen) was originally applied to anything held in religious or ceremonial aversion or abhorrence; as, "The things which are highly esteemed among men are abomination in the sight of God." Luke xvi, 15. The word is oftener applied to the object of such aversion or abhorrence than to the state of mind that so regards it; in common use abomination signifies something very much disliked or loathed, or that deserves to be. Choice food may be an object of aversion and disgust to a sick person; vile food would be an abomination. A toad is to many an object of disgust; a foul sewer is an abomination. As applied to crimes, abomination is used of such as are especially brutal, shameful, or revolting; theft is an offense; infanticide is an abomination.

    Synonyms:
    abhorrence, abomination, abuse, annoyance, aversion, crime, curse, detestation, disgust, evil, execration, hatred, horror, iniquity, offense, plague, shame, villainy, wickedness

    Antonyms:
    affection, appreciation, approval, benefit, blessing, delight, desire, enjoyment, esteem, esteem, gratification, joy, satisfaction, treat

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. nuisance

    Synonyms:
    offence, annoyance, plague, pest, trouble

    Antonyms:
    gratification, blessing, pleasure, delight, benefit

Princeton's WordNet1.5 / 2 votes

  1. nuisancenoun

    (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive

    Synonyms:
    pain, pain in the neck

  2. pain, pain in the neck, nuisancenoun

    a bothersome annoying person

    "that kid is a terrible pain"

    Synonyms:
    pain, painfulness, pain in the neck, hurting, botheration, infliction, pain in the ass, annoyance, painful sensation, pain sensation, bother

Editors Contribution5.0 / 1 vote

  1. bad news

    Submitted by anonymous on July 12, 2020  
  2. piece of work

    this phrase indicates that someone or something is troublesome or hard.

    that boy john is just a piece or work!

    Submitted by JP03 on October 29, 2015  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. nuisancenoun

    Synonyms:
    annoyance, plague, bane, infliction, curse, scourge, pest

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. nuisancenoun

    Synonyms:
    plague, pest, bane, infliction, bore, offense

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How to use nuisance in a sentence?

  1. Will Rogers:

    Parades should be classed as a nuisance and participants should be subject to a term in prison.

  2. Yiddish Proverb:

    A guest is like rain: when he lingers on, he becomes a nuisance.

  3. Ian Thompson Jr.:

    If a man has a slow-growing prostate cancer and opts to just watch it, it's still a nuisance with multiple office visits, blood tests, and repeated prostate biopsies.

  4. Nathan Brown:

    It will be difficult to cobble together a majority.  The regime is likely to find it a nuisance. Individual deputies will have an incentive to make a lot of noise or to secure benefits for those who elected them, the result is likely to seem obstructionist and venal. It will be both, but that's the way it has been designed.

  5. Dorothy L. Sayers:

    A human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.


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