nuisance

substantivocorrente nos diálogos

Reino Unido//ˈnjuː.səns//
Estados Unidos//ˈnuː.səns//

A minor annoyance or inconvenience.

substantivo

1
A minor annoyance or inconvenience.
The neighbor's dog barking throughout the night is a right nuisance - I'm going to complain.
What a nuisance to have to go now!
By itself, nondifferentiability at zero is a minor nuisance.
2
A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.
You can be such a nuisance when you don't get your way.
With Vardy working tirelessly up front, chasing lost causes and generally making a nuisance of himself, Sevilla were never allowed to settle on a night when the atmosphere was electric inside the King Power Stadium.
3
Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists.
a public nuisance

Etimologia

From Middle English noysaunce, from Anglo-Norman nusaunce, nussance and Old French nuisance, from nuisir (“to harm”), from Latin nocēre. Doublet of nocence and nocency.

Formas

plural: nuisances

nudity · The state or quality of being without clothing on the body;…nugget · A small, compact chunk or clump.nuggets · Money.

nuisance · A minor annoyance or inconvenience.

nuke · A nuclear weapon.numb · Physically unable to feel, not having the power of sensation.number · Quantity of countable things.

As páginas vizinhas — A ordem alfabética segue as regras da língua, não o valor dos bytes: um acento só desempata entre duas palavras de resto idênticas, e o espanhol trata o Ñ como uma letra à parte.