Synonyms for nettle
ˈnɛt lnet·tle

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

1. nettle

   Synonyms:
   sting, fret, provoke

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

1. nettleverb

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

2. nettle, urticateverb

   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, devilverb

   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

Matched Categories

1. • Displease
   • Sting

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

1. nettleverb

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. nettlenoun

   Synonyms:
   urtica

   Associated words:
   urticate, urtication urtical

2. nettleverb

   Synonyms:
   irritate, provoke, exasperate, ruffle, incense, annoy

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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1. Thornton Wilder:

   The comic spirit is given to us in order that we may analyze, weigh, and clarify things in us which nettle us, or which we are outgrowing, or trying to reshape.

2. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   Better to be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.