| 单词 | nettlesome |
| 释义 | nettlesome (once / 83235 pages) adj WORD FAMILY nettlesome: nettlesomely+/nettle: nettled, nettles, nettlesome, nettling USAGE EXAMPLESI won’t tell you any more, except to note that the story shows the brilliant Dalgliesh being less nettlesome than usual. Washington Post(Oct 27, 2016) Then there’s this nettlesome question: Would there be any such angst if the entourage members weren’t black and didn’t wear billowy jeans and copious jewelry? Time(Nov 17, 2016) This nettlesome matter of perjury finally persuaded the Rhode Island Supreme Court to overturn Lerner’s murder conviction. New York Times(Oct 24, 2016) 1adj causing irritation or annoyance nettlesome paperwork Syn annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing disagreeable not to your liking 2adj easily irritated or annoyed not the least nettlesome of his countrymen Syn cranky, fractious, irritable, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy ill-natured having an irritable and unpleasant disposition |
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