Definitions
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
Word origin
From Middle English netle, netel, from Old English netle, netele, netel, from Proto-West Germanic *natilā (cognate with Old Saxon netila, Middle Dutch netele (modern Dutch netel), German Nessel, Middle Danish nædlæ (“nettle”)), a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *natǭ (of unknown origin, perhaps from the same source as net).
Used in a sentence
“The children were badly nettled after playing in the field.”
“[…] I am whipp’d and scourged with rods, / Nettled and stung with pismires, when I hear / Of this vile politician, Bolingbroke.”
“His Miſtreſs: vvhoſe Miſtreſs, vvhat Miſtreſs; s'life hovv that little vvord has nettled me!”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Irritate”6 letters
02“Stinging wild plant”6 letters
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