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nettlesome

DEFINITIONS OF: nettlesome

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adj causing irritation or annoyance

nettlesome paperwork”
Synonyms:
annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing
disagreeable
not to your liking

adj easily irritated or annoyed

“not the least nettlesome of his countrymen”
Synonyms:
cranky, fractious, irritable, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy
ill-natured
having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
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