nettlesome
Use Nettlesome in a sentence
l adjective
1.
causing irritation, vexation, or annoyance: to cope with a nettlesome situation.
2.
easily provoked or annoyed: to become nettlesome over trivial matters.
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nettlesome (ˈnɛtəlsəm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| causing or susceptible to irritation | |
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Nettlesome
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
Example sentences
It is easy to see why these topics are especially nettlesome in today's school environment.
The nettlesome fact at the heart of the matter is that expensive petrol is not the problem.
Causation is nearly as nettlesome a problem as contingency.
Most contradictions raise problems, some nettlesome, others destructive of important interests.
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