adjective
- causing irritation, annoyance, or difficulty
Examples
- The nettlesome problem of budget cuts affected every department.
- She found his constant interruptions quite nettlesome during the meeting.
- The nettlesome details of the contract took hours to resolve.
- Traffic delays became a nettlesome issue for daily commuters.
- The teacher addressed the nettlesome behavior with patience.
- Nettlesome questions from reporters made the politician uncomfortable.