nettle

Speech parts

1. nettle - Noun

2. nettle - Verb

Meaning

A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. Urtica gracitis is common in the Northern, and U. chamaedryoides in the Southern, United States. the common European species, U. urens and U. dioica, are also found in the Eastern united States. U. pilulifera is the Roman nettle of England.

To fret or sting; to irritate or vex; to cause to experience sensations of displeasure or uneasiness not amounting to violent anger.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

vex irritate annoy chafe pester upset devil bug gravel provoke harass bother aggravate antagonize grate
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Antonyms

wow gladden still suit gratify content
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Hypernyms

herb burn bite weed sting displease

Hyponyms

chevy harry get plague provoke beset

Phrases with the word

European nettle tree white horse nettle spurge nettle white dead nettle itchy nettle nettle root extract

Derivatives

nettled nettling

Anagrams

letten telnet

Examples

The comic spirit is given to us in order that we may analyze, weigh, and clarify things in us which nettle us, or which we are outgrowing, or trying to reshape. Thornton Wilder

Better be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo. Ralph Waldo Emerson

High poet, pride of the English squires, I would be just a nettle in your garden. Eustache Deschamps

The sky's stone does not strike the nettle. Hungarian Proverb

The real nettle will sting early. Latin Proverb

Falsehood is a nettle that stings those who meddle with it. American Proverb

Close letter words and terms

nettie netting netting-needle nettle agent nettle cloth nettle family