Definitions for nuisance

nuisance nui·sance

Spelling: [noo-suh ns, nyoo-]
IPA: /ˈnu səns, ˈnyu-/

Nuisance is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 233 anagrams from letters in nuisance (aceinnsu).

Definitions for nuisance

noun

  1. an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, practice, etc.:
  2. Law. something offensive or annoying to individuals or to the community, especially in violation of their legal rights.

Origin of nuisance

1375-1425; late Middle English nu(i)sa(u)nce Anglo-French, equivalent to nuis(er) to harm (≪ Latin nocēre) + -ance -ance

Examples for nuisance

Aunty May said it was funny, too, but Aunty Edith said it was a nuisance.

If my legs made me a nuisance, I vowed to become less of one.

Other questions: Should nuisance bears be euthanized if they are serial offenders?

All the politicians are a nuisance, a curse, a plague worse than was any in Egypt.

Franz Joseph lit the Hofburg Palace with kerosene lamps and viewed the telephone as a nuisance.

They want to loaf about, and drink, and be a nuisance to everybody, like some of the rich ones.

A nuisance on Balera, which is the equivalent of a Terran swamp.

Last year, there were a record 6,726, covering “nuisance” behavior, property damage, injuries to bears, and injuries to humans.

This fact is simply that a child is a nuisance to a grown-up person.

But the Roma remained on the streets of French cities, perceived as a nuisance in many places, a threat in some.

Word Value for nuisance
Scrable

10

Words with friends

14

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