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nettlesome

[ net-l-suhm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

causing irritation, vexation, or annoyance:
to cope with a nettlesome situation.
easily provoked or annoyed:
to become nettlesome over trivial matters.

nettlesome

/ ˈnɛtəlsəm /

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

The process was designed to iron out kinks in nettlesome budgets, not necessarily major social programs.

From TIme

Thus we see that it becomes a type of those little nettlesome worries of life that exasperate the spirit.

These trials are the more nettlesome because, like Paul's thorn, they are not to be mentioned.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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