nettlesome
causing irritation, vexation, or annoyance: to cope with a nettlesome situation.
easily provoked or annoyed: to become nettlesome over trivial matters.
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How to use nettlesome in a sentence
The process was designed to iron out kinks in nettlesome budgets, not necessarily major social programs.
Why a Debate on the Minimum Wage Could Spark a D.C. Meltdown | Philip Elliott | March 2, 2021 | TImeThus we see that it becomes a type of those little nettlesome worries of life that exasperate the spirit.
Around The Tea-Table | T. De Witt TalmageThese trials are the more nettlesome because, like Paul's thorn, they are not to be mentioned.
Around The Tea-Table | T. De Witt Talmage
British Dictionary definitions for nettlesome
/ (ˈnɛtəlsəm) /
causing or susceptible to irritation
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