NUISANCE

n. 1 annoyance, inconvenience, trial, ordeal, burden, irritation, irritant, thorn in the flesh or side, difficulty, bother, US bur under the saddle, Colloq pain (in the neck or rear), headache, hassle, Slang US and Canadian pain in the butt, Taboo slang pain in the Brit arse, or US ass Having to paint the room again was a terrible nuisance 2 bore, pest, nag, tease, tormentor or tormenter James has made a nuisance of himself by telephoning every fifteen minutes