nuisance

• Nom désignant une chose ou une personne qui cause de l'ennui, de l'irritation ou des désagréments ; dans un contexte juridique, un acte ou un état qui gêne l'usage ou la jouissance d'un bien ou qui menace la santé ou la sécurité.

A noun referring to something or someone that causes inconvenience, annoyance, or trouble; in legal contexts, it refers to an act or condition that interferes with the use or enjoyment of property or endangers health or safety.

1. Legal nuisanceC1formallegal

   A broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive.

   Trouble de voisinage

   • The factory's noise was considered a legal nuisance by the court.
   • The neighbor's overgrown trees were ruled a nuisance under property law.
   • The smell from the landfill was deemed a public nuisance.

   Synonymesannoyancedisturbanceinconvenienceinterference

2. Bothersome personB1informal

   A person who is annoying, troublesome, or causes inconvenience.

   Personne importune

   • My little brother can be a real nuisance when I'm trying to study.
   • Stop being a nuisance and sit down quietly.
   • That persistent salesman is becoming a nuisance.

   Synonymesannoyancebotherhassleheadacheirritantpainpesttroublemaker

   Antonymesbenefactordelightjoy