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- Dictionarynettle/ˈnɛtl/
noun
- 1. a herbaceous plant which has jagged leaves covered with stinging hairs.
verb
- 1. irritate or annoy (someone): "‘I was only asking,’ Jess said, nettled"
- 2. sting with nettles. archaic
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Nettle is a noun for a plant with stinging hairs and a verb for making someone annoyed or angry. Learn how to use nettle in sentences and find translations in different languages.
- English (US)
to make someone annoyed or slightly angry: She looked up at...
- Znaczenie Nettle, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
nettle definicja: 1. a wild plant with heart-shaped leaves...
- Nettle: Arabic Translation
NETTLE translate: نَبات القُرّاص. Learn more in the...
- Traditional
NETTLE translate: 蕁麻, 激怒,惹惱. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Simplified
NETTLE translate: 荨麻, 激怒,惹恼. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Vietnamese Translation
nettle translate: cây tầm ma. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Nettle: Danish Translation
nettle - translate into Danish with the English-Danish...
- Nettle: Russian Translation
NETTLE translate: крапива . Learn more in the Cambridge...
- English (US)
Nettle can be a noun for a plant with stinging hairs or a verb for annoying or irritating someone. Learn more about the origin, synonyms, examples, and history of nettle from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Nettle is a noun for a plant with stinging hairs and a verb for making someone annoyed. Learn how to use nettle in sentences and find translations in different languages.
Learn the meaning, pronunciation, synonyms, and usage of the word 'nettle' in British and American English. A nettle is a plant with stinging hairs, or a verb meaning to annoy or irritate.
If you know what a nettle is—it's a plant with stinging hairs—then you'll have no trouble remembering the verb nettle: it means to annoy, bother, irritate, or bedevil. A kid sister, a mosquito, an angry boyfriend, or a hot, muggy day: all of these are examples of things that might nettle a person.
Nettle is a plant with stinging hairs that causes irritation on contact, or a verb meaning to annoy or provoke. Learn more about the different types of nettles, their uses, and related expressions.
Definition of nettle noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.