What is the meaning of nettlesome?

adjective

• Causing irritation or annoyance.
  • usage: "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: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing
• Easily irritated or annoyed.
  • usage: "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
  • synonyms: cranky, fractious, irritable, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy