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Nettle has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.

3

Especially, most species of herb genus Urtica, the stinging nettles

Verb
1

sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation

2

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"

3

Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting, causing a rash in someone.

See Also
nettles chafe urticaceae provoke urtical pique richweed yarg
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
weed bite displease
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
stinging nettle Roman nettle wood nettle richweed artillery plant friendship plant get eat into peeve ruffle fret harass antagonize

Origin

The word "nettle" comes from Old English, where it originally meant the stinging plant. Its roots trace back to Proto-West Germanic and are related to similar words in Dutch, German, and Danish.

Rhyming Words
tle lttle ixtle sutle litle kytle butle title ittle ettle attle dartle nustle myrtle firtle tootle justle cantle bustle bootle
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