nettlesome
Americanadjective
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causing irritation, vexation, or annoyance.
to cope with a nettlesome situation.
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easily provoked or annoyed.
to become nettlesome over trivial matters.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of nettlesome
Example Sentences
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The delays are particularly nettlesome for the Arlington, Va., aerospace giant because it’s years behind SpaceX in launching a crewed capsule to service the space station.
From Los Angeles Times
But, for the prosecutors, the fractured gun parts have raised nettlesome questions about the integrity of the firearm.
From Los Angeles Times
The same can’t be said of several recent top editors of the New York Times, hobbled variously by nettlesome personalities, bad timing and worse luck.
From Los Angeles Times
Perhaps, some analysts suggested, it marked the demise of a nettlesome character whose usefulness — as a deniable military asset, international fixer and pro-Kremlin master of the media dark arts — had run its course.
From Los Angeles Times
Which brings us back to a constant theme in this column: the nettlesome issue of middlemen.
From New York Times
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