nettlesome

adj.
Causing irritation or distress; vexatious.

adjective

1. Troubling the nerves or peace of mind, as by repeated vexations: annoying, bothersome, galling, irksome, irritating, plaguy, provoking, troublesome, vexatious. See pain/pleasure.
2. So replete with interlocking points and complications as to be painfully irritating: prickly, spiny, thorny. See easy/hard, pain/pleasure.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: causing irritation or annoyance
  Synonyms: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing

Meaning #2: easily irritated or annoyed
  Synonyms: cranky, fractious, irritable, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, testy, tetchy, techy

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - irriterende, besværlig

Nederlands (Dutch)
netelig, ergerlijk

Français (French)
adj. - en réseau

Deutsch (German)
adj. - lästig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ευερέθιστος

Italiano (Italian)
irritabile, irritante

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - irritante, ficar irritado

Русский (Russian)
раздражающий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - irritante, molesto

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - snarstucken, irriterande, besvärlig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
令人烦恼的, 易怒的, 烦人的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 令人煩惱的, 易怒的, 煩人的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 화를 잘 내는, 초조하게 하는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - いらだたしい, 怒りっぽい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مثير, باعث على الغضب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עצבני‬

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