Definition of "nettlesome" in Anglais

adjective

1. (of a person, thing, situation, etc.) Causing irritation, annoyance, or discomfort; bothersome, irksome.

   • My old car is very nettlesome.

2. (of a task, problem, etc.) 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.