English noun: nuisance |
1. | nuisance (cognition) (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive |
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| Broader (hypernym) | annoyance, bother, botheration, infliction, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | abatable nuisance, attractive nuisance, common nuisance, mixed nuisance, private nuisance, public nuisance |
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| Domain category | jurisprudence, law |
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2. | nuisance (person) a bothersome annoying person |
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| Samples | That kid is a terrible pain.
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| Synonyms | pain, pain in the neck |
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| Broader (hypernym) | disagreeable person, unpleasant person |
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