nettlesome

a. 令人激恼的, 烦人的, 易怒的

发音

/ˈnɛtəlsəm/

词形变化

more nettlesome 比较级 most nettlesome 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Causing irritation, annoyance, or discomfort; bothersome, irksome.

    My old car is very nettlesome.

  2. 2.

    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.

    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. The old man . . . had no sooner slipped the packs from the horses than he began to rail at Hans, who stood looking on. "You damned Dutchmen all be Tories, and worse," he cried.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 10

annoying teasing irritating cranky irritable pesky scratchy testy bothersome peckish

近义相关 2

disagreeable ill-natured

词源

From nettle + -some.

来源：wiktionary