noun
something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
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washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer
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a bit of a bother
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he's not a friend, he's an infliction
• Syn: ↑annoyance, ↑bother, ↑botheration, ↑pain, ↑infliction, ↑pain in the neck
• Derivationally related forms: ↑pain (for: ↑pain), ↑bother (for: ↑botheration), ↑bother (for: ↑bother)
• Hypernyms: ↑negative stimulus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.