nettlesome


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net·tle·some

 (nĕt′l-səm)
adj.
Causing irritation or distress; vexatious.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

nettlesome

(ˈnɛtəlsəm)
adj
causing or susceptible to irritation
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

net•tle•some

(ˈnɛt l səm)

adj.
1. causing irritation, vexation, or annoyance.
2. easily provoked or annoyed.
[1760–70]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.nettlesome - causing irritation or annoyancenettlesome - causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"
annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, pesky, pestering, plaguy, vexatious, vexing, plaguey, teasing, pestiferous
disagreeable - not to your liking; "a disagreeable situation"
2.nettlesome - easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
irritable, peevish, pettish, petulant, techy, testy, tetchy, scratchy, peckish, cranky, fractious
ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
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nettlesome

adjective
1. Troubling the nerves or peace of mind, as by repeated vexations:
annoying, bothersome, galling, irksome, irritating, plaguy, provoking, troublesome, vexatious.
2. So replete with interlocking points and complications as to be painfully irritating:
prickly, spiny, thorny.
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