Nettled

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nettle \Net"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nettled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Nettling}.]
     To fret or sting; to irritate or vex; to cause to experience
     sensations of displeasure or uneasiness not amounting to
     violent anger.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           The princes were so nettled at the scandal of this
           affront, that every man took it to himself.
                                                    --L'Estrange.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nettled
       adj : aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated gesture";
             "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved
             about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her
             snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the
             delay" [syn: {annoyed}, {irritated}, {miffed}, {peeved},
              {pissed}, {pissed off}, {riled}, {roiled}, {steamed},
             {stunng}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "nettled":
     aggravated, angry, annoyed, bothered, browned-off, bugged,
     burnt-up, chafed, disturbed, exasperated, galled, griped, huffy,
     irked, irritated, miffed, peeved, piqued, provoked, put-out,
     resentful, riled, roiled, ruffled, troubled, vexed