nuisance Definition

nuisance
noun

1. An annoying or troublesome person, thing or circumstance.

Thesaurus: annoyance, bother, vexation, irritation, drawback, inconvenience, infliction, bore, pest, problem child, gadfly, thorn in one's side, pain in the neck.
2. law.
Something obnoxious to the community or an individual, that is disallowed by law.

Idiom: make a nuisance of oneself

To behave annoyingly.

Etymology: 15c: French, from nuire to injure.