NETTLESOME
Dictionary entry overview: What does nettlesome mean? • NETTLESOME (adjective)
The adjective NETTLESOME has 2 senses:
1. causing irritation or annoyance
2. easily irritated or annoyed
Familiarity information: NETTLESOME used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NETTLESOME (adjective)
Meaning:
Causing irritation or annoyance
Synonyms:
annoying; vexatious; pestering; pesky; nettlesome; irritating; galling; bothersome; plaguy; vexing; plaguey; teasing; pestiferous
Context examples:
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
Similar:
disagreeable (not to your liking)
Meaning:
Easily irritated or annoyed
Synonyms:
testy; techy; petulant; pettish; peevish; tetchy; irritable; nettlesome; scratchy; fractious; cranky; peckish
Context examples:
an incorrigibly fractious young man / not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
Similar:
ill-natured (having an irritable and unpleasant disposition)
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