nettlesome
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9.4
- adjective
- /ˈnɛtəlˌsəm/
:
molesto
- The most nettlesome and difficult moral dilemmas we face often revolve around value conflicts in which two or more positive values are at stake in a given situation: duty versus friendship, for example, or honesty versus compassion, or loyalty to subordinates versus loyalty to superiors.
- nettlesome questions
- nettlesome problem
Examples
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One particularly nettlesome difficulty arises from the differences.
Academic text (2005) -
Angus, why do lawyers find evasion so nettlesome?
Academic text (2010) -
Ben and Sally D'Antonio sent a shout-out to the Water Department crew who were able to find and fix a nettlesome leak.
Blog text (32) -
Conventional wisdom holds that the Senate became a more nettlesome institution following the bitter debate over the nomination of Judge Robert Bork to the Supreme Court.
Academic text (2002) -
That's annoying in a lot of ways, as nettlesome to Florida fans as the excessive coverage that Tim Tebow's Florida got was to most of the rest of the country.
Blog text (32) -
The nettlesome comments on social media often lead to heated arguments.
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Dealing with the nettlesome paperwork required for the project took longer than expected.
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His nettlesome behavior during meetings annoyed all of his colleagues.
Synonyms
392
1.0
Making someone feel bothered or irritated
80
2.9
Making someone feel annoyed or impatient
72
4.1
Something that causes trouble and makes things difficult
59
3.6
Causing small but persistent trouble or annoyance
49
3.9
Causing worry or annoyance and hard to deal with
26
5.3
Causing you to feel very angry or annoyed
22
5.3
Very annoying and hard to bear
14
3.5
Causing annoyance or trouble
11
7.7
Making someone feel annoyed or frustrated
7
9.9
Being hard to control and easily annoyed, often causing trouble
6
7.4
Making you feel annoyed or bored
5
6.8
Making you feel annoyed because something seems unfair or hard to accept
1
8.7
Causing people to feel annoyed or frustrated
Making people feel annoyed or troubled
A small pain or problem that keeps annoying you
A person who annoys another person by asking again and again
Causes annoyance or small trouble that makes you feel irritated
Annoying and causing repeated small problems or used to complain strongly
Antonyms
How Annoying
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nettlesome comes from the plant nettle, which gives a little 'sting', and the ending -some, which means 'causing'. So something nettlesome is 'causing' a sting or small annoyance, which is why it means irritating or troublesome.