netelig

Meaning

tricky, nettlesome

Concepts

tricky

invidious

knotty

pernickety

prickly

delicate

susceptible

thorny

ticklish

sensitive

Synonyms

netelige

listige

Translations

heikel

ingannevole

complicado

difícil

schwierig

délicat

περίπλοκος

μπερδεμένος

complicada

δυσνόητος

épineux

empfindlich

sensible

compliqué

complexe

Etymology

From Middle Dutch netel (“malicious, angry”), from Old Dutch *nitul, from Proto-West Germanic *hnitul, from Proto-Germanic *hnitulaz + -ig. Possibly influenced in meaning by Dutch netel (“nettle”).