Word Meanings - NUISANCE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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. (more info) nocentia guilt, fr. nocere to hurt, harm;

Additional info about word: NUISANCE

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. (more info) nocentia guilt, fr. nocere to hurt, harm; akin to necare to kill. Cf

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of NUISANCE)

• Abomination
• Loathing
• detestation
• hatred
• abhorrence
• plague
• nuisance
• evil
• annoyance
• infliction
• curse
• Annoyance
• Trouble
• discomfort
• vexation
• worry
• bother
• uneasiness
• bore
• Infliction
• Grievance
• trouble
• Pest
• Plague
• blight
• bone
• scourge

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of NUISANCE)

• Bless
• Compose
• calm
• allay
• appease
• please
• soothe
• delight
• gratify
• recreate
• entertain
• relieve
• refresh

Related words: (words related to NUISANCE)

• DELIGHTING
  Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
• TROUBLER
  One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a disturber; as, a troubler of the peace. The rich troublers of the world's repose. Waller.
• DELIGHTLESS
  Void of delight. Thomson.
• DISCOMFORTABLE
  1. Causing discomfort; occasioning uneasiness; making sad. Sir P. Sidney. 2. Destitute of comfort; uncomfortable. A labyrinth of little discomfortable garrets. Thackeray. -- Dis*com"fort*a*ble*ness, n.
• BLESSING
  A gift. Gen. xxxiii. 11. 5. Grateful praise or worship. (more info) 1. The act of one who blesses. 2. A declaration of divine favor, or an invocation imploring divine favor on some or something; a benediction; a wish of happiness pronounces.
• NUISANCE
  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. (more info) nocentia guilt, fr. nocere to hurt, harm;
• COMPOSE
  To arrange in a composing stick in order for printing; to set . (more info) 1. To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion. Zeal ought to be composed of the hidhest degrees of all
• COMPOSER
  1. One who composes; an author. Specifically, an author of a piece of music. If the thoughts of such authors have nothing in them, they at least . . . show an honest industry and a good intention in the composer. Addison. His most brilliant and
• PLEASER
  One who pleases or gratifies.
• ENTERTAINER
  One who entertains.
• TROUBLESOME
  Giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome. This troublesome world. Book of Common Prayer. These troublesome disguises that we wear. Milton. My mother will never be troublesome to me. Pope. Syn. -- Uneasy; vexatious; perplexing;
• DELIGHTOUS
  Delightful. Rom. of R.
• CURSEDLY
  In a cursed manner; miserably; in a manner to be detested; enormously.
• ABOMINATION
  1. The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination. 2. That which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred;
• REFRESHMENT
  1. The act of refreshing, or the state of being refreshed; restoration of strength, spirit, vigor, or liveliness; relief after suffering; new life or animation after depression. 2. That which refreshes; means of restoration or reanimation;
• HATRED
  Strong aversion; intense dislike; hate; an affection of the mind awakened by something regarded as evil. Syn. -- Odium; ill will; enmity; hate; animosity; malevolence; rancor; malignity; detestation; loathing; abhorrence; repugnance; antipathy.
• INFLICTION
  1. The act of inflicting or imposing; as, the infliction of torment, or of punishment. 2. That which is inflicted or imposed, as punishment, disgrace, calamity, etc. His severest inflictions are in themselves acts of justice and righteousness.
• ANNOYANCE
  1. The act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed; molestation; vexation; annoy. A deep clay, giving much annoyance to passengers. Fuller. For the further annoyance and terror of any besieged place, they would throw into it dead bodies.
• CURSED
  Deserving a curse; execrable; hateful; detestable; abominable. Let us fly this cursed place. Milton. This cursed quarrel be no more renewed. Dryden.
• RELIEVEMENT
  The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; relief; release.
• CURBLESS
  Having no curb or restraint.
• CONSTABLESS
  The wife of a constable.
• OVERTROUBLED
  Excessively troubled.
• RIBLESS
  Having no ribs.
• DECOMPOSE
  To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay.
• LIMBLESS
  Destitute of limbs.
• THUMBLESS
  Without a thumb. Darwin.
• AGGRIEVANCE
  Oppression; hardship; injury; grievance.
• PRECURSE
  A forerunning. Shak.
• OVERPLEASE
  To please excessively.
• KSHATRIYA; KSHATRUYA
  The military caste, the second of the four great Hindoo castes; also, a member of that caste. See Caste.
• CUBLESS
  Having no cubs. Byron.