nuisance

Noun
  1. (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive (synset 105838851)
    referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    is a type of: annoyance, bother, botheration, infliction, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck - something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
    subtypes:
    • abatable nuisance - a nuisance that can remedied (suppressed or extinguished or rendered harmless)
    • attractive nuisance - anything on your premises that might attract children into danger or harm
    • mixed nuisance - a nuisance that is both a public nuisance and a private nuisance at the same time
    • private nuisance - a nuisance that interferes with your interest in and private use and enjoyment of your land
    • common nuisance, public nuisance - a nuisance that unreasonably interferes with a right that is common to the general public
  2. A bothersome annoying person (synset 110411212)
    "that kid is a terrible pain"
    is a type of: disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
    same as: pain, pain in the neck

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