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US
/ˈnɛtəɫsəm/
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ADJECTIVE
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easily irritated or annoyed
not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
an incorrigibly fractious young man -
causing irritation or annoyance
swarms of pestering gnats
tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork
aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport
a pesky mosquito
a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him
it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
nettlesome paperwork
a vexatious child
found it galling to have to ask permission
a plaguey newfangled safety catch
an irritating delay
How To Use nettlesome In A Sentence
- Others are now convincing themselves that we have traded nettlesome financial instability for welcomed economic stability, but this rose-colored notion's days are numbered.
- Now, I'm not trying to be nettlesome or willfully dense.
- He has strained against every nettlesome one of them - counter-attacking and squandering valuable time that should have been used to promote his message.
- These efforts can be particularly nettlesome at work.
- Why has this problem of origins proved nettlesome?
- Over time, the democratic transformation may go from being a nettlesome impediment to certain U.S. objectives to a persistent constraint on our superpower status.
- There was also the nettlesome question of where the new roads would actually go. The Next Empire
- nettlesome paperwork
- The memorabilia problem is particularly nettlesome when dealing with an author whose fame derives from achievement on the playing fields or pop charts.
- I suppose his head was so far up his astute grasp of all things meaningful to Va conservatives that he simply forgot that nettlesome stuff about slavery and lynchings and segregation. McDonnell: Not mentioning slavery was 'a mistake'