141 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ nˈɛtə͡lsˌʌm], [ nˈɛtə‍lsˌʌm], [ n_ˈɛ_t_əl_s_ˌʌ_m]

Similar words for nettlesome:

• galling (adjective)
• irritating (adjective)
• other relevant words (adjective)
• pesky (adjective)
• prickly (adjective)
• thorny (adjective)
• disagreeable (noun)
• ill-natured (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words (noun)

Synonyms for Nettlesome:

• adj.

  • galling (adjective)
  • unpalatable,
  • Plaguing,
  • Harassing.
  • irritating (adjective)
  • burdensome,
  • nagging,
  • aggravating,
  • distressing,
  • exasperating,
  • disturbing,
  • trying.
  • Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • briery,
  • Echinated,
  • prickly,
  • brambly,
  • thorny,
  • pesky.
  • pesky (adjective)
  • more peeving,
  • most peeving.
  • prickly (adjective)
  • brambliest,
  • most echinated,
  • brieriest,
  • bramblier,
  • more echinated,
  • brierier.
  • thorny (adjective)
  • un-pleasant,
  • up-setting,
  • un pleasant,
  • up setting.

• n.

  •
  • provoking,
  • Irksome,
  • pain,
  • troublesome.
  •
  • easy,
  • spiny.
  • disagreeable (noun)
  • disagreeable.
  • ill-natured (noun)
  • ill-natured.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • irritable,
  • petulant,
  • irritating,
  • vexing,
  • pestiferous,
  • tetchy,
  • annoying,
  • pettish,
  • cranky,
  • techy,
  • plaguey,
  • galling,
  • teasing,
  • testy,
  • fractious,
  • pestering,
  • plaguy,
  • scratchy,
  • vexatious,
  • peckish,
  • bothersome,
  • peevish.

• Other synonyms:

  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • gravelly,
  • waspish,
  • rasping,
  • excitable,
  • perversive,
  • uneven,
  • pestilential,
  • corruptive,
  • hot-tempered,
  • ticklish,
  • critical,
  • upsetting,
  • knotty,
  • stinging,
  • challenging,
  • hard,
  • quizzical,
  • abrasive,
  • refractory,
  • controversial,
  • maddening,
  • disquieting,
  • loving,
  • complex,
  • involved,
  • Carking,
  • choleric,
  • ratty,
  • pestilent,
  • peeving,
  • fretful,
  • outrageous,
  • tough,
  • crank,
  • irritative,
  • spotty,
  • sticky,
  • bristlier,
  • tangled,
  • mortifying,
  • rebarbative,
  • touchy,
  • offensive,
  • Riling,
  • incensing,
  • derisive,
  • delicate,
  • recalcitrant,
  • hairy,
  • thin-skinned,
  • frustrating,
  • wounding,
  • Enraging,
  • sore,
  • provocative,
  • difficult,
  • tippy,
  • humiliating,
  • short-tempered,
  • worrying,
  • mocking,
  • painful,
  • infuriating,
  • tender,
  • dirty,
  • rough,
  • bristliest,
  • complicated,
  • soft,
  • pesty,
  • intractable,
  • chafing,
  • Angering,
  • nasty,
  • contentious,
  • intricate,
  • Rankling,
  • problematic,
  • sensitive,
  • grating,
  • Nettling,
  • quick-tempered,
  • raspy.