NUISANCE


Meaning of NUISANCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ nju:s(ə)ns, AM nu:- ]

( nuisances)

If you say that someone or something is a nuisance , you mean that they annoy you or cause you a lot of problems.

He could be a bit of a nuisance when he was drunk...

Sorry to be a nuisance.

= pain

N-COUNT : usu sing

If someone makes a nuisance of themselves, they behave in a way that annoys other people.

He spent three days making an absolute nuisance of himself.

PHRASE : V and N inflect

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