nettlesome

[ net-l-suhm ]
See synonyms for nettlesome on Thesaurus.com
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 of nettlesome

1
First recorded in 1760–70; nettle + -some1

Words Nearby nettlesome

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use nettlesome in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for nettlesome

nettlesome

/ (ˈnɛtəlsəm) /


adjective
  1. causing or susceptible to irritation

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012