nettled in English

verb

1

irritate or annoy (someone).

I was nettled by Alene's tone of superiority

synonyms: irritate, annoy, irk, gall, vex, anger, exasperate, infuriate, provoke, upset, displease, offend, affront, pique, get on someone's nerves, try someone's patience, ruffle someone's feathers, rub the wrong way, rankle, peeve, aggravate, miff, rile, needle, get to, bug, get someone's goat, tick off

2

beat or sting (someone) with nettles.

The weeds on either side had been cut during the last few days, otherwise I suspect my legs would have been badly nettled .

adjective

• steamed, peeved, pissed, miffed, annoyed, pissed off, irritated, stung

verb

• irritate, annoy, irk, gall, vex, anger, exasperate, infuriate, provoke, upset, displease, offend, affront, pique, get on someone's nerves, try someone's patience, ruffle someone's feathers, rub the wrong way, rankle, peeve, aggravate, miff, rile, needle, get to, bug, get someone's goat, tick off
• irritate, annoy, rile, rag, nark, get at, get to, chafe, bother, devil, gravel, vex
• urticate

Use "nettled" in a sentence

1. 3 A joke nettled him.

2. 11 She looked nettled by my remarks.

3. 5 My remarks clearly nettled her.

4. 12 I was nettled by her persistency.

5. 2 She was nettled by Holman's remark.

6. 1 He was nettled by her manner.

7. 10 I was rather nettled by his rudeness.

8. 9 Eustacia was nettled by her own contrivances.

9. 7 I was rather nettled by his rude questions.

10. 13 It was clear that my remarks nettled her.

11. 8 Her rude remarks about my clothes rather nettled me.

12. She looked up at me sharply, clearly nettled by the interruption.

13. 6 The topic of a Midwestern identity has nettled writers for decades.

14. 4 She looked up at me sharply, clearly nettled by the interruption.

15. 14 He had been growing nettled before,[www.Sentencedict.com] but now he pulled himself together.

16. 15 There was something in the last hint that nettled Jeanie's honest pride.

17. 18 'I know, I know,'rejoined Mr. Carton , carelessly.'Don't be nettled, Mr. Lorry.

18. Synonyms for Annoyed include piqued, cross, aggravated, disgruntled, exasperated, irked, irritated, nettled, upset and aggrieved

19. It was the suggestion that he might alter course to win an election that really nettled him.

20. 17 Who would have thought such a business matter could have nettled my own heart like this!

21. 16 It was the suggestion that he might alter course to win an election that really nettled him.

22. Adjective irritated, bothered, pissed (taboo slang), harassed, hassled (informal), aggravated (informal), maddened, ruffled, exasperated, nettled, vexed, pissed off (taboo slang), miffed (informal), displeased, irked, riled, harried, peeved (informal), piqued, browned off (informal) She tapped her forehead and looked Annoyed with herself.

23. Annoyed: 1 adj troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances Synonyms: harassed , harried , pestered , vexed troubled characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need adj aroused to impatience or anger Synonyms: irritated , miffed , nettled , peeved , riled , roiled , steamed , stung displeased not pleased;