nettled
pronunciation
How to pronounce nettled in British English:
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- Adjective:
- aroused to impatience or anger
Word Origin
- nettled (adj.)
- "vexed, irritated," c. 1400, figurative adjectival use of past participle of nettle (v.).
Example
- 1. Though I was nettled , I kept my temper .
- 2. I was rather nettled by his rudeness .
- 3. He was obviously nettled by all these personal questions .
- 4. She looked nettled by my remarks .
- 5. My remarks clearly nettled her .