(~s)
If you say that someone or something is a ~, you mean that they annoy you or cause you a lot of problems.
He could be a bit of a ~ when he was drunk...
Sorry to be a ~.
= pain
N-COUNT: usu sing
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If someone makes a ~ of themselves, they behave in a way that annoys other people.
He spent three days making an absolute ~ of himself.
PHRASE: V and N inflect