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 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
Who would have thought such a business matter could have nettled my own heart like this?
From The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy
"What an original little thing you are, Princess," exclaimed Ida, with a laugh, which would have nettled Lloyd had not the compliment and the title taken away its sting.
From The Little Colonel at Boarding-School by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
I have nettled him to the truth this afternoon:—his pride was alarm'd;—it could certainly proceed from no other cause, after he has declared off.
From Barford Abbey by Susannah Minific Gunning
Take it, with my apologies for any words of mine that may have nettled you.
From And Even Now by Sir Max Beerbohm
