nettlesome
1. causing irritation or annoyance (Freq. 1)
- 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
• Syn:
annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, pesky,
pesky, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
vexatious, vexing
• Similar to:
disagreeable
• Derivationally related forms:
plague (for: plaguey), plague (for: plaguy)
2. easily irritated or annoyed
- an incorrigibly fractious young man
- not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
• Syn:
cranky, fractious, irritable, peevish, peckish,
pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy
• Similar to:
ill-natured
• Derivationally related forms:
tetchiness (for: tetchy), testiness (for: testy), petulance (for: petulant), pettishness (for: pettish), peevishness (for: peevish), irritability (for: irritable), fractiousness (for: fractious), crank (for: cranky), crankiness (for: cranky)
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