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Wound up line that has caught on the outside
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nettled
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: nettle )
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nettle \Net"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nettled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Nettling .] To fret or sting; to irritate or vex; to cause to experience sensations of displeasure or uneasiness not amounting to violent anger. The princes were so nettled at the scandal of ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. aroused to impatience or anger; "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" [syn: annoyed , irritated ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"vexed, irritated," c.1400, figurative adjectival use of past participle of nettle (v.).
Usage examples of nettled.
This description greatly nettled Goering during an interrogation at Nuremberg on August 2S and 29, 1945.