Thesaurus:nuisance

Thesaurus

nuisance

English

Noun

Sense: something that annoys

Synonyms

• annoyance    [⇒ thesaurus]
• bother
• faff (British slang)
• hassle
• inconvenience
• irritation
• nuisance
• palaver (British)
• peeve
• plague
• trouble
• vexation

Various

• pest
• inconvenience
• irritant
• grievance
• mischief    [⇒ thesaurus]
• bugbear
• headache
• pain in the butt
• pain in the neck
• pain in the rear
• pain in the ass
• pain in the arse
• pain in the bum
• problem child
• nag

See also

• Thesaurus:annoy
• Thesaurus:annoyed
• Thesaurus:annoying
• Thesaurus:annoyance

Further reading

• “830. painfulness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “nuisance” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.