1 [C,usually sing.] a thing, person or situation that is annoying or causes trouble or problems:
I don't want to be a nuisance so tell me if you want to be alone. * I hope you're not making a nuisance of yourself. * It's a nuisance having to go back tomorrow. * What a nuisance!
2 [C,U] (law) behaviour by sb that annoys other people and that a court of law can order the person to stop:
He was charged with causing a public nuisance.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is nuisance a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, nuisance is tagged as noun.
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