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Nettled

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Adjective

1. annoyed, irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, roiled, steamed, stung

aroused to impatience or anger

Example Sentences:
'made an irritated gesture'
'feeling nettled from the constant teasing'
'peeved about being left out'
'felt really pissed at her snootiness'
'riled no end by his lies'
'roiled by the delay'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Nettled

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noun
1. 
any weedy plant of the temperate urticaceous genus Urtica, such as U. dioica (stinging nettle), having serrated leaves with stinging hairs and greenish flowers
2. 
any of various other urticaceous plants with stinging hairs or spines
3. 
any of various plants that resemble urticaceous nettles, such as the dead-nettle, hemp nettle, and horse nettle
4.  grasp the nettle
verb (transitive)
5. 
to bother; irritate
6. 
to sting as a nettle does

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Nettled

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noun
1. 
any of a genus (Urtica) of annual and perennial weeds of the nettle family with stinging hairs
2. 
any of various other stinging or spiny plants
adjective
3. 
designating a family (Urticaceae, order Urticales) of chiefly tropical, dicotyledonous plants usually covered with stinging hairs, including the ramie
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈnettled or ˈnettling
4. 
to sting with or as with nettles
5. 
to irritate; annoy; vex

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Nettled

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n.
1. Any of various plants of the genus Urtica, having toothed leaves, unisexual apetalous flowers, and stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact.
2. Any of various hairy, stinging, or prickly plants.
tr.v. net·tled, net·tling, net·tles
1. To sting with or as if with a nettle.
2. To irritate; vex.

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