<adj.all> 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
easily irritated or annoyed
<adj.all> an incorrigibly fractious young man not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
nettlesome \nettlesome\ adj. same as {irritating}, 1.
The problem is particularly nettlesome because the Jones office is on the main stretch at the entrance of the historic district.
For now, the union issue is the most nettlesome of Federal's Tiger problems, management believes.
The high court has been forced to settle some other nettlesome checks-and-balances issues involving congressional overstepping in recent terms.
U.S. officials had hoped their debt-relief plan would remove a nettlesome side issue and illustrate Washington's ability to work with Egypt and other moderate Arab states despite Arab bitterness over the Iranian affair.
They view getting the U.S. budget under control as a critical step in solving some of America's more nettlesome economic problems as well as providing Bush with sorely needed resources to play a more active role on the world stage.
The rule, which applies to all students, has proven particularly nettlesome for graduate students because more of their aid is tied to services such as teaching.
The negotiations are a nettlesome process for Texas Air and the unions.
And they agreed that the two sides can defer a decision on limiting sea-launched cruise missiles, a nettlesome category of weapons that the U.S. has been reluctant to limit but that the Soviets have insisted on curbing.
The problem is especially nettlesome for PPG Industries Inc. of Pittsburgh.
Brokers Worry Over AIDS Disclosure The AIDS epidemic has raised nettlesome issues for real-estate brokers in cities with large homosexual populations.
However, the Finance Committee measure, like the president's plan, falls short of increasing benefits for the most nettlesome type of expense for the elderly-long-term care.
The issue of prudence is proving to be the most nettlesome for Gulf States.
The only nettlesome issues are, for the Japanese, the Soviet refusal to return several northern islands that the Soviets seized from Japan at the end of World War II and, for the Soviets, Japan's attempts to improve relations with China.
For Apple and International Business Machines Corp., the threatened duties are especially nettlesome since both companies are determined to improve their position in portables this year, a lucrative market those firms have generally ignored in the past.