nettle
noun
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nettle
verb
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Synonyms for nettle
Synonyms: Verb
aggravate, annoy, bother, bug, burn (up), chafe, eat, exasperate, frost, gall, get, grate, gripe, hack (off), irk, irritate, itch, nark [British], peeve, persecute, pique, put out, rasp, rile, ruffle, spite, vex
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The mayor's recent actions have nettled some members of the community. It nettles him that his younger coworker got a promotion before he did.Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The menu offers antipasti (order the escarole in Gorgonzola dolce topped with fuyu persimmon), pizza like the wild nettle, ricotta della casa, and lemon, and handmade pappardelle with venison sugo. — Jenna Scatena, Condé Nast Traveler, "32 Best Restaurants in San Francisco," 1 Mar. 2018 There's a course with smoked lake fish, cattails, wild rice dumplings, watercress and nettles. — Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press, "Award-winning Native American chef coming to Zingerman's for indigenous dinner, discussion," 25 July 2019 Even the village graveyard, set on the other side of the valley, is slowly receding into an undergrowth of nettles and brambles, grass flowers and cow parsley. — New York Times, "And Then There Was One: Three People Lived in This Village Until Two Were Murdered.," 15 July 2019 But do younger generations really aspire to murder the clover, the wild violet, the dead nettle and the dandelions in the name of impressing their neighbors? — Jennifer Chesak, Twin Cities, "Jennifer Chesak: My dad obsesses over his lawn. I ripped mine up.," 14 June 2019 The Ramie moth is laying its eggs on several plants in the nettles family, such as mamaki and akolea. — USA TODAY, "Black Hills yaks, serious senioritis on campus, Pony Express: News from around our 50 states," 10 June 2019 Think garlic-scape soup, jack fruit tacos with nettle kimchi, pickled fiddleheads and rose-hip jelly. — Anchorage Daily News, "Add these new(ish) Anchorage food trucks to your rotation this summer," 6 June 2019 More recently, poached nettles and a vivid orange swipe of harissa spice paste with a toothy green garbazo ragout gave an aromatic North African lift to the sweetly gamy meat. — Craig Laban, Philly.com, "Storied Bucks County inn now a destination for dinner," 3 May 2018 As long as President Trump refuses to grasp the nettle of his own Justice Department to get this story out to the public, moves like pulling security clearances will remain empty gestures. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "The Empty Brennan Gesture," 15 Aug. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
The pastrami dog is on the lunch menu and only nettling the dining room between 11 AM and 9 PM each day. — Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, "At 3 Squares Diner there’s a dog that won’t bark," 12 July 2018 Questions about alternative facts and relative truths have been nettling me for decades. — Errol Morris, Time, "Why Donald Trump Can't Kill the Truth," 22 May 2018 Shame nettles over Rae’s skull like a tight red cap. — Karen Russell, The New Yorker, "Orange World," 4 June 2017 What nettled him was the news media’s unquestioning reiteration of that claim. — Margalit Fox, New York Times, "Naomi Parker Fraley, the Real Rosie the Riveter, Dies at 96," 22 Jan. 2018 Gorsuch is a pale imitation of his predecessor, boasting a bratty attitude that has nettled justices across the ideological spectrum. — Mark Joseph Stern, Slate Magazine, "Why rumors of a Gorsuch–Kagan clash at the Supreme Court are such a bombshell.," 18 Oct. 2017 Worries about the health of the long-term-care insurance industry have nettled investors for years. — Leslie Scism, WSJ, "General Electric Has a Long-Term Care Problem. It Isn’t Alone," 23 Oct. 2017 As a presidential candidate, Mr. Sanders nettled some Jews by making a campaign appearance on Rosh Hashana, a day most Jews take off from work, at Liberty University, an evangelical college in Virginia founded by the Rev. Jerry Falwell. — Joseph Berger, New York Times, "Bernie Sanders Is Jewish, but He Doesn’t Like to Talk About It," 24 Feb. 2016These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'nettle.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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