nettle

Noun

1. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
2. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
3. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
4. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
5. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
6. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
7. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
8. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
9. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
10. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
11. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
12. Certain plants that have spines or prickles:
13. Certain plants that have spines or prickles:
14. Certain plants that have spines or prickles:
15. Certain plants that have spines or prickles:
16. Certain plants that have spines or prickles:
17. Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:
18. Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:
19. Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:
20. Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:
21. Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:
22. Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:
23. Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:
24. Loosely, anything which causes a similarly stinging rash, such as a jellyfish or sea nettle.

Verb

1. (transitive) Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting, causing a rash in someone.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To pique, irritate, vex or provoke.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnɛt(ə)l/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: netle

Inherited from Old English: netle

Cognate with Old Saxon: netila

Cognate with Middle Dutch: netele

Cognate with Dutch: netel

Cognate with German: Nessel

Cognate with Danish: nædlæ

In summary

From Middle English netle, netel, from Old English netle, netele, netel, from Proto-West Germanic *natilā (cognate with Old Saxon netila, Middle Dutch netele (modern Dutch netel), German Nessel, Middle Danish nædlæ (“nettle”)), a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *natǭ (of unknown origin, perhaps from the same source as net).

Synonyms

irritate

vex

rile

pique

provoke

annoy

aggravate

gravel

chafe

stinging nettle

anger

💢

rag

nark

gall

devil

get to

bother

get at

exasperate

incense

prod

rankle

bug

🐛

stinging-nettle

urticate

offend

displease

plant

🌱

incite

rouse

ruffle

spur

stick

stimulate

sting

twinge

upset

vegetable

vellicate

whet

Urtica

Laportea interrupta Chew

devil-nettle

fever-nettle

Urtica thunbergiana

acerbate

Herba Urticae

affront

bite

bramble

Translations

ortiga

ortica

ortie

Nessel

netel

pokrzywa

urtiga

brandnetel

Brennessel

urtica

τσουκνίδα

Brennnessel

ortiga

irriter

irritar