Synonyms for nettle
ˈnɛt l

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. nettle(verb)

   any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)

2. nettle, urticate(verb)

   sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation

   Synonyms:
   annoy, rag, get to, get at, chafe, gravel, devil, irritate, rile, nark, vex, bother, urticate

3. annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil(verb)

   cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

   "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

   Synonyms:
   nark, dumbfound, get at, reproof, chide, bait, mystify, urticate, rile, fret, dun, cod, razz, crucify, stick, bedevil, reprimand, reach, amaze, lambaste, devil, get to, rub, tantalise, frustrate, annoy, chew out, beat, lambast, trounce, tease, taunt, roil, access, berate, chew up, disoblige, torment, stupefy, lecture, trouble oneself, agitate, put out, rag, discommode, inconvenience oneself, ride, bewilder, dress down, irritate, tantalize, stir up, rally, make, remonstrate, flummox, incommode, get, baffle, jaw, rebuke, worry, pose, vex, inconvenience, perplex, raise up, bother, gravel, disturb, take to task, fray, gall, puzzle, trouble, bawl out, scratch, progress to, call on the carpet, commove, twit, excoriate, have words, chafe, scold, call down, shake up, nonplus

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. nettle

   Synonyms:
   sting, fret, provoke

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. nettle(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   fret, chafe, ruffle, irritate, vex, tease, harass, provoke, incense, exasperate, sting

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. nettle

   Synonyms:
   Stinging nettle, see there, Urtica dioica
   

2. nettle

   Synonyms:
   Stinging nettle, see there, Urtica dioica
   

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