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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
nettle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective aroused to impatience or anger
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Examples
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The nettled banks rose vertically and the barbed branches made it impossible to clamber up short of a mile or so downriver.
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Though it nettled to take orders from a mere human, Regin stepped forth.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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What nettled Bateman most about an unauthorized edition of prints of his work was that the artwork was sold at Sears: "That's the part I detest," he said.
Daniel Grant: Copyright Infringers Target Wildlife Artists Daniel Grant 2010
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Mr. Barton laughed with them, but he was vaguely nettled.
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This cool assumption that the sale was already consummated so perturbed Thayer, that, along with the sure knowledge that he had never seen so high a quality of rams, he was nettled into changing his order to twenty carloads.
CHAPTER VIII 2010
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Though it nettled to take orders from a mere human, Regin stepped forth.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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What nettled Bateman most about an unauthorized edition of prints of his work was that the artwork was sold at Sears: "That's the part I detest," he said.
Daniel Grant: Copyright Infringers Target Wildlife Artists Daniel Grant 2010
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"Which is not what I came to see you about," I answered brusquely, somewhat nettled by their incomprehension.
THE DESCENT 2010
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This nettled Sam, as it was intended to do, and he played his most famous trick and favorite punch — a feint for a clinch and a right rip to the stomach.
Chapter II 2010
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Marcy, the New Yorker whose elevation had nettled the Van Buren forces, emerged as able, sagacious, and loyal—in short, a highly valuable lieutenant.
A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009
super-logos commented on the word nettled
Vexed, irritated, disturbed. The plant, nettle, contains histamines. One would likely be annoyed if one brushed up against such a species. Genus Urtica. Urticaria is the name for hives.
August 21, 2008