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nettlesome

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net⋅tle⋅some

  [net-l-suhm]
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–adjective
1. causing irritation, vexation, or annoyance: to cope with a nettlesome situation.
2. easily provoked or annoyed: to become nettlesome over trivial matters.
Origin:
1760–70; nettle + -some 1
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net·tle·some   (nět'l-səm)   
adj.  Causing irritation or distress; vexatious.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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