nettled

3 definitions found

nettled - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The princes were so nettled at the scandal of this
           affront, that every man took it to himself.
                                                    --L'Estrange.
     [1913 Webster]

nettled - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  nettled
      adj 1: 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, nettled,
             peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, roiled,
             steamed, stung]

nettled - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "nettled":
     aggravated, angry, annoyed, bothered, browned-off, bugged,
     burnt-up, chafed, disturbed, exasperated, galled, griped, huffy,
     irked, irritated, miffed, peeved, piqued, provoked, put-out,
     resentful, riled, roiled, ruffled, troubled, vexed