nuisance value

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

nuisance value
    n 1: the quality of an embarrassing situation; "he sensed the
         awkwardness of his proposal" [syn: {awkwardness}, {nuisance
         value}]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

42 Moby Thesaurus words for "nuisance value":
      arrest, arrestation, arrestment, blockage, blocking, check,
      clogging, closing up, closure, constriction, cramp, delay,
      detainment, detention, fixation, foot-dragging, hampering,
      hindering, hindrance, holdback, holdup, impediment, inhibition,
      interference, interruption, let, negativism, obstruction,
      obstructionism, occlusion, opposition, repression, resistance,
      restraint, restriction, retardation, retardment, setback, squeeze,
      stranglehold, stricture, suppression