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nettlesome: Meaning and Definition of
net•tle•some
Pronunciation: (net'l-sum), [key] — adj.
- causing irritation, vexation, or annoyance: to cope with a nettlesome situation.
- easily provoked or annoyed: to become nettlesome over trivial matters.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.