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nuisance: (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive

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nuisance value collapse

pain in the neck collapse

hampering collapse

dogging collapse: relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit; "impossible to escape the dogging fears"

bad news collapse

harassment collapse: the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism; a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors"

persecution collapse: the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)

placid collapse: (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves; "a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still water"; "unruffled water"

devilment collapse

holdback collapse

drip collapse: (architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway); the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop; "the constant sound of dripping irritated him"; flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid; "there's a drip through the roof"; fall in drops; "Water is dripping from the faucet"

pill collapse: a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet; something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size; a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception; something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured; "his competitor's success was a bitter pill to take"; a unpleasant or tiresome person

income tax collapse: a personal tax levied on annual income

wet blanket collapse

constriction collapse: the action or process of compressing; a tight feeling in some part of the body; "he felt a constriction in her chest"; "she felt an alarming tightness in her chest"; "emotion caused a constriction of his throat"; tight or narrow compression; a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel

stranglehold collapse: a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe; complete power over a person or situation; "corporations have a stranglehold on the media"; "the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public"

tariff collapse: charge a tariff; "tariff imported goods"

pester collapse

customs collapse: money collected under a tariff

discomfort collapse: an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress; the state of being tense and feeling pain

handful collapse: the quantity that can be held in the hand; a small number or amount; "only a handful of responses were received"

exasperation collapse: actions that cause great irritation (or even anger)

thorn collapse: a Germanic character of runic origin

closure collapse: termination of operations; "they regretted the closure of the day care center"; a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric; a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body; terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was closured"; "cloture the discussion"

impediment collapse

fixation collapse: (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body; the activity of fastening something firmly in position

detention collapse: a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils"; a state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police"

dryasdust collapse

restriction collapse: the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary); a principle that limits the extent of something; "I am willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements"

aggravation collapse: action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse; "the aggravation of her condition resulted from lack of care"; unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment; an exasperated feeling of annoyance

occlusion collapse: (dentistry) the normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed; closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel)

inhibition collapse: (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires; the quality of being inhibited; (physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part; "the inhibition of the heart by the vagus nerve"

headache collapse: pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs

pest collapse: any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.; "he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests"; "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides"; a persistently annoying person

annoyance collapse: the act of troubling or annoying someone; something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction"; anger produced by some annoying irritation

negativism collapse

humdrum collapse: tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; "a humdrum existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous as the sea"

holdup collapse

setback collapse

vexation collapse

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