nettlesome
Syllables: net·tle·some/ˈnɛtəlsəm/
nettlesome adjective: causing irritation, annoyance, or discomfort; bothersome, irksome.
Adjective
nettlesome (comparative more nettlesome, superlative most nettlesome)
- Causing irritation, annoyance, or discomfort; bothersome, irksome.
- My old car is very nettlesome.
- Mackenzie made himself a nettlesome burr under Crook's saddle, irritating the commanding general.1995, Terry C. Johnston, A Cold Day in Hell, →ISBN
- Thorny; difficult to deal with, especially due to being complex or tricky.
- The task of proving Fermat’s “last” theorem remains nettlesome.
- Be careful what you say to him; he's a nettlesome fellow.
nettlesome meaning in Urdu
nettlesome in Urdu
- باآسانی چڑھ جانے والا, پریشان کن, تنک مزاج
Examples of nettlesome in a sentence
- Though the pink dolphins are protected by law, the fishermen see them as nettlesome competitors for the catches that feed their families.2011 April 16, Alexei Barrionuevo, “Fishermen in Amazon See a Rival in Dolphins”, in New York Times, retrieved 20 Jan 2011:
- [A]ll the strange oaths and imprecations found in a seaman's vocabulary were called into service by our nettlesome captain and his crew, and hurled without mercy on the winds and weather.1832, Mary Russell Mitford, editor, Lights and Shadows of American Life, volume 2, page 241:
- It so chanced that on the second day after my arrival a pack-train came along, guided by a nettlesome old man and a strong, black-haired lass of sixteen or thereabouts.1904, Winston Churchill, The Crossing (2003 Kessinger reprint), p. 61
- Almost daily, U.S. newspapers are confronted by a nettlesome problem for which they have found no final answer.1950 October 9, “The Press: John Smith, Negro”, in Time:
Forms of nettlesome
| comparative | more nettlesome |
|---|---|
| superlative | most nettlesome |
Origin of nettlesome
From nettle + -some.
Words that rhyme with nettlesome
Questions about nettlesome
- What does nettlesome mean?
- Nettlesome means causing irritation, annoyance, or discomfort; bothersome, irksome.
- What is nettlesome in Urdu?
- Nettlesome in Urdu is باآسانی چڑھ جانے والا, پریشان کن, تنک مزاج. See Nettlesome meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use nettlesome in a sentence?
- Though the pink dolphins are protected by law, the fishermen see them as nettlesome competitors for the catches that feed their families.
- What part of speech is nettlesome?
- Nettlesome is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce nettlesome?
- Nettlesome is pronounced /ˈnɛtəlsəm/.
Words near nettlesome in the dictionary
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