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Nettlesome

//ˈnɛtəlsəm// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Causing irritation, annoyance, or discomfort; bothersome, irksome. usually

    "My old car is very nettlesome."

  2. 2
    Thorny; difficult to deal with, especially due to being complex or tricky. usually

    "The task of proving Fermat’s “last” theorem remains nettlesome."

Adjective
  1. 1
    causing irritation or annoyance wordnet
  2. 2
    easily irritated or annoyed wordnet

Etymology

From nettle + -some.

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