nettlesome

net·tle·some (n

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adj.

Causing irritation or distress; vexatious.

nettlesome [ˈnɛt^əlsəm]

adj

causing or susceptible to irritation

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Adj.	1.	nettlesome - causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong" annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, pesky, pestering, plaguy, vexatious, vexing, plaguey, teasing, pestiferous disagreeable - not to your liking; "a disagreeable situation"
	2.	nettlesome - easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" irritable, peevish, pettish, petulant, techy, testy, tetchy, scratchy, peckish, cranky, fractious ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition

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annoying
bothersome
bur
cranky
fractious
galling
irritable
irritating
peckish
peevish
pesky
pestering
pestiferous
pettish
petulant
plaguey
plaguy
scratchy
teasing

In the lead-up to Russia's parliamentary elections in December, the government threw a handful of nettlesome political activists into psychiatric institutions.

Psychotic reaction: Putin puts away dissidents by Moynihan, Michael C. / Reason

The computer's undeniable "wow" factor, however, should not obscure features that could prove nettlesome for some laptop users.

Apple did it again ... or did they? by Berg, Joel / Campaigns & Elections

Russia and China have no incentive to rein in North Korea; they have more to gain by having it serve as a nettlesome thorn and security threat to its non-communist neighbors and the United States.

State Department censors truth about North Korea by The New American

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