nettlesome
adjective
1. causing irritation or annoyance
- nettlesome paperwork
Similar word(s): disagreeable, annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing
2. easily irritated or annoyed
- not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
Similar word(s): cranky, fractious, irritable, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy
Sentences with nettlesome as an adjective:
- My poison ivy rash is very nettlesome.
- The task of proving Fermat’s “last” theorem remains nettlesome.
- Be careful what you say to him; he's a nettlesome fellow.