nettlesome
[ net-l-suhm ]
/ ˈnɛt l səm /
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adjective
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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Example sentences from the Web for nettlesome
The process was designed to iron out kinks in nettlesome budgets, not necessarily major social programs.
Thus 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
nettlesome
/ (ˈnɛtəlsəm) /
adjective
causing or susceptible to irritation
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