Crossword clues for nettled
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 this
affront, that every man took it to himself.
--L'Estrange.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"vexed, irritated," c.1400, figurative adjectival use of past participle of nettle (v.).
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: nettle)
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, miffed, peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, roiled, steamed, stunng]
Usage examples of "nettled".
This description greatly nettled Goering during an interrogation at Nuremberg on August 2S and 29, 1945.