English-Thai Dictionary

nuisance

N การ รบกวน  การ ทำให้ รำคาญ  สิ่ง ที่ ก่อ ความรำคาญ  annoyance vexation kan-rob-kuan

 

nuisance value

N สิ่ง ก่อกวน ที่ สร้างปัญหา ให้ ฝ่ายตรงข้าม  siang-kor-kuan-ti-sang-pan-ha-hai-fai-trong-kam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NUISANCE

n.[L. to annoy. Blackstone writes nusance, and it is desirable that his example may be followed. ] 1. That which annoys or gives trouble and vexation; that which is offensive or noxious. A liar is a nusance to society.
2. In law, that which incommodes or annoys; something that produces inconvenience or damage. Nusances are public or private; public, when they annoy citizens in general, as obstructions of the highway; private, when they affect individuals only, as when one man erects a house so near his neighbor's as to throw the water off the roof upon his neighbor's land or house, or to intercept the light that his neighbor before enjoyed.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NUISANCE

Nui "sance, n. Etym: [OE. noisance, OF. noisance, nuisance, fr. L.nocentia guilt, fr. nocere to hurt, harm; akin to necare to kill. Cf Necromancy, Nocent, Noxious, Pernicious. ]

 

Defn: That which annoys or gives trouble and vexation; that which is offensive or noxious.

 

Note: Nuisances are public when they annoy citizens in general; private, when they affect individuals only.

 

NUISANCER

NUISANCER Nui "san *cer, n. (Law )

 

Defn: One who makes or causes a nuisance.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

nuisance

nui sance |ˈn (y )o͞osəns ˈn (j )usns | ▶noun a person, thing, or circumstance causing inconvenience or annoyance: an unreasonable landlord could become a nuisance | I hope you're not going to make a nuisance of yourself. • (also private nuisance ) Law an unlawful interference with the use and enjoyment of a person's land. • Law see public nuisance. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘injury, hurt ’): from Old French, ‘hurt, ’ from the verb nuire, from Latin nocere ‘to harm. ’

 

nuisance call

nuisance call ▶noun a telephone call made to threaten, annoy, or sexually harass its recipient.

 

nuisance grounds

nuis |ance grounds ▶plural noun Canadian a rubbish dump.

 

nuisance value

nui sance val ue |ˈn (j )usns ˈvælju | ▶noun the significance of a person or thing arising from their capacity to cause inconvenience or annoyance.

 

Oxford Dictionary

nuisance

nuis |ance |ˈnjuːs (ə )ns | ▶noun a person or thing causing inconvenience or annoyance: it's a nuisance having all those people clomping through the house | I hope you're not going to make a nuisance of yourself . • Law an act which is harmful or offensive to the public or a member of it and for which there is a legal remedy. See also private nuisance, public nuisance. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘injury, hurt ’): from Old French, ‘hurt ’, from the verb nuire, from Latin nocere ‘to harm ’.

 

nuisance call

nuisance call ▶noun a telephone call made to threaten, annoy, or sexually harass its recipient.

 

nuisance grounds

nuis |ance grounds ▶plural noun Canadian a rubbish dump.

 

nuisance value

nuis |ance value ▶noun [ mass noun ] the significance of a person or thing arising from their capacity to cause inconvenience or annoyance.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

nuisance

nuisance noun I find these long journeys a nuisance: annoyance, inconvenience, bore, bother, irritation, problem, trouble, trial, burden; pest, plague, thorn in one's side /flesh; informal pain, pain in the neck, hassle, bind, drag, chore, aggravation, headache, nudnik. ANTONYMS blessing.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

nuisance

nuisance noun don't you find these long journeys a nuisance? | I'm terribly sorry to be such a nuisance: source of annoyance /irritation, annoyance, inconvenience, bore, bother, irritant, problem, difficulty, trouble, trial, burden; pest, plague, thorn in one's side /flesh; informal pain, pain in the neck, pain in the backside, headache, hassle, bind, drag, aggravation, menace; Scottish informal nyaff, skelf; N. Amer. informal pain in the butt, nudnik, burr under /in someone's saddle; Austral. /NZ informal nark; Brit. vulgar slang pain in the arse; Brit. informal, dated blister; rare infliction. ANTONYMS help, blessing.

 

French Dictionary

nuisance

nuisance n. f. nom féminin Facteur de la vie urbaine ou industrielle qui constitue un danger pour la santé, pour l ’environnement. : Le bruit est une nuisance de la vie moderne, de même que la pollution. Note Orthographique nuis ance.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

nuisance

nui sance /n j úːs (ə )ns / (! -ui-は /j uː /) 〖語源は 「傷 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-ɪz /1 C 〖通例a ～〗迷惑な人 [物, 事 ], やっかいな事 ▸ Sorry to be a nuisance .ごやっかいをおかけしてすいません ▸ Is he being a nuisance ?彼は周りに迷惑をかけているのかい ▸ It's a nuisance having to finish this work .こんな仕事を仕上げないといけないなんてえらい迷惑だ ▸ What a nuisance ! I've forgotten the key .｟話 ｠しまった, かぎを忘れてきた ▸ make a nuisance of oneself 〈人が 〉周囲に迷惑をかける, 迷惑な行動をする 2 C U 〘法 〙生活 [不法 ]妨害 ▸ be charged with causing a public nuisance 公的不法妨害で訴えられる ▸ abate a nuisance 自力で不法妨害を排除する Comm ì t no n ú isance .｟掲示 ｠小便無用 ; ごみを捨てるな .～́ c à ll いたずら電話 .～́ t à x 小額物品 [消費 ]税 .～́ v à lue ｟英 ｠(敵対者に対して )生活 [不法 ]妨害のもつ抑制効果, いやがらせ効果 .