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Meanings of nuisance in English

Portuguese
chato

Something which annoys.

chato

Act (or neglect) which causes inconvenience or damage.

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Usage of nuisance in English
1
The paymasters and the receivers are the greatest nuisance in the state.
Napoleon Bonaparte
2
I allowed I wouldn't make a nuisance of myself, however, by asking.
Savage
3
But at the moment it presented itself simply as a confounded nuisance.
Heart Of Darkness
4
Come up from behind and grab me for committing a public nuisance.
The ginger man
5
Death is nothing; it is the dying that is such a nuisance.
Simon the Jester
6
I am bored with life-youknow it; I find it a nuisance.
Prince Zilah — Volume 2
7
I might soon be seen as a nuisance who should be eliminated.
For the love of mike
8
He wanted the entire room to understand what a nuisance she was.
East of the sun
9
They have both also been stung with a fine for public nuisance.
News.com.au
10
I lived in a flat once, and it was an awful nuisance.
The Idiot
11
The little bees were in such swarms as to be a nuisance.
Through the Brazilian Wilderness
12
Our scientific civilisation is not a civilisation; it is a smoke nuisance.
A Miscellany of Men
13
I don't want to be a nuisance, or get in your way.
Second chance
14
They had a pet dog, that was a nuisance in the house.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself
15
You would have found your mythical duenna a nuisance in real life.
Taquisara
16
Pokemon Go has spurred ongoing litigation that it contributed to public nuisance.
Reuters
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Translations for nuisance
Portuguese
chato
Nuisance through the time
Nuisance across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
New Zealand
Common
Ireland
Common
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