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nuisances

nuisances is the plural of nuisance.

Meaning of nuisance

Noun

nuisance (countable and uncountable, plural nuisances)

  1. A minor annoyance or inconvenience.
    • The neighbor's dog barking throughout the night is a right nuisance - I'm going to complain.
  2. A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.
    • You can be such a nuisance when you don't get your way.
    Synonyms:
    bother, obstacle, pest
  3. Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists.
    • a public nuisance

Phrases with nuisances

Questions about nuisances

What is nuisances the plural of?
Nuisances is the plural of nuisance.

Words near nuisances in the dictionary

  1. nuisance tax
  2. nuisance taxes
  3. nuisanceless
  4. nuisancer
  5. nuisancers
  6. nuisances
  7. nuisant
  8. nuissance
  9. nuit blanche
  10. Nuits
  11. NUJ

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nuisances (page history and authors); nuisance (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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