English > pain in the ass: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition| Meaning | Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness. |
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| Synonyms | annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck |
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| Narrower | irritant, thorn | Something that causes irritation and annoyance |
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| nuisance | (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers / endangers life and health or is offensive |
| plague | An annoyance |
| Broader | negative stimulus | A stimulus with undesirable consequences |
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| Spanish | aburrimiento, fastidio, irritación, joroba, lata, macanazo, molestia, molienda, puñeta |
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| Catalan | destorb, enuig, enutjament, molèstia, nosa, tabarra |
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