What are some alternative words for nettlesome?
Synonyms for nettlesome
ˈnɛt l səm
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Princeton's WordNet
annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing(adj)
causing irritation or annoyance
"tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"
Synonyms:
irritating, exasperating, corruptive, pestilential, petulant, bothersome, mocking, galling, pestilent, cranky, perversive, pesky, scratchy, pestiferous, pettish, dirty, vexing, painful, irritable, plaguey, quizzical, peevish, irritative, plaguy, maddening, infuriating, annoying, tetchy, testy, fractious, techy, vexatious, pestering, peckish, teasingAntonyms:
good-natured, agreeablecranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy(adj)
easily irritated or annoyed
"an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
Synonyms:
irritating, rough, tender, bothersome, galling, cranky, gravelly, crank, pesky, scratchy, pettish, pestiferous, pestering, abrasive, uneven, vexing, petulant, irritable, excitable, plaguey, refractory, teasing, tippy, peevish, rasping, recalcitrant, fractious, plaguy, tetchy, testy, spotty, techy, vexatious, raspy, peckish, annoying, gratingAntonyms:
agreeable, good-natured
Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #4328 | dirty | |
| #5548 | rough | |
| #6740 | tender | |
| #9372 | painful | |
| #9416 | annoying | |
| #16647 | crank | |
| #21074 | teasing | |
| #21612 | uneven | |
| #23129 | abrasive | |
| #23970 | irritating | |
| #26620 | irritable | |
| #27763 | refractory | |
| #28023 | grating | |
| #30182 | cranky | |
| #34388 | mocking | |
| #34818 | pesky | |
| #46948 | bothersome | |
| #51084 | spotty | |
| #59577 | scratchy | |
| #66520 | maddening | |
| #68434 | gravelly | |
| #70249 | recalcitrant | |
| #70924 | techy | |
| #72009 | excitable | |
| #74214 | testy | |
| #74824 | infuriating | |
| #78530 | vexing | |
| #89995 | vexatious | |
| #90718 | tippy | |
| #96709 | raspy | |
| #101981 | galling | |
| #102921 | quizzical | |
| #103649 | petulant | |
| #108040 | pestering | |
| #111300 | exasperating | |
| #111963 | fractious | |
| #112226 | peevish | |
| #147394 | rasping | |
| #245384 | pestilent | |
| #264537 | pestilential | |
| #287350 | peckish | |
| #299977 | corruptive | |
| #313326 | irritative | |
| #323849 | tetchy |
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