nettle
noun
any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs.
have nettled
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present perfectof nettle.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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This neglect on the part of Muro and Uraso may have nettled him.
From The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages by Roger Thompson Finlay
Take it, with my apologies for any words of mine that may have nettled you.
From And Even Now by Sir Max Beerbohm
This thrust and some delay seem to have nettled Wilkinson, who was swelling with importance, and although he was finally made a brigadier-general, he rode off to the north much ruffled.
From George Washington, Volume I by Henry Cabot Lodge
The surprise and regret, and the broad hints that came after, have nettled the citizens a little.
From Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3 by Henry Hunt
Elizabeth’s manner would have nettled even a colder man.
From The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 by Robert Neilson Stephens
