Source : WordNet®

nettlesome
     adj 1: 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" [syn: {annoying}, {bothersome},
             {galling}, {irritating}, {pesky}, {pestering}, {pestiferous},
             {plaguy}, {plaguey}, {teasing}, {vexatious}, {vexing}]
     2: easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious
        young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
        [syn: {cranky}, {fractious}, {irritable}, {peevish}, {peckish},
         {pettish}, {petulant}, {testy}, {tetchy}, {techy}]