nettle

Nouns

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

Verbs

  • (v) sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation urticate,
  • (v) 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
    annoy, devil, gravel, irritate, nark, rile, vex, bother, rag, chafe, get at, get to,

Synonyms

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

Words of close approximity

netted
nettled nettle family nettleleaf goosefoot nettle-leaved bellflower nettle-leaved goosefoot nettle rash nettlesome nettle tree