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- DictionaryNet·tle/ˈned(ə)l/
noun
- 1. a herbaceous plant which has jagged leaves covered with stinging hairs.
verb
- 1. irritate or annoy (someone): "I was nettled by Alene's tone of superiority"
- 2. beat or sting (someone) with nettles. archaic
The meaning of NETTLE is any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs. How to use nettle in a sentence. Did you know?
to make someone annoyed or slightly angry: She looked up at me sharply, clearly nettled by the interruption. Synonym. annoy. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
any of various other urticaceous plants with stinging hairs or spines. any of various plants that resemble urticaceous nettles, such as the dead-nettle, hemp nettle, and horse nettle. to attempt or approach something with boldness and courage.
If you know what a nettle is—it's a plant with stinging hairs—then you'll have no trouble remembering the verb nettle: it means to annoy, bother, irritate, or bedevil. A kid sister, a mosquito, an angry boyfriend, or a hot, muggy day: all of these are examples of things that might nettle a person.
to make someone annoyed or slightly angry: She looked up at me sharply, clearly nettled by the interruption. Synonym. annoy. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
nettle. noun. /ˈnetl/. /ˈnetl/. (also stinging nettle) Idioms. a wild plant with leaves that have pointed edges, are covered in fine hairs and sting (= cause you pain) if you touch them. The nettles had spread and now covered half the garden. Extra Examples.
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 ...
Nettle definition: Any of various plants of the genus Urtica, having toothed leaves, unisexual apetalous flowers, and stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023 How to use nettle in a sentence General exclamations of surprise and doubt greeted him from our little circle, and this seemed to nettle him somewhat.
NETTLE definition: a wild plant whose leaves hurt you if you touch them. Learn more.
