noun, verb
noun (also stinging nettle) a wild plant with leaves that have pointed edges, are covered in fine hairs and sting if you touch them
IDIOMS see GRASPv.
verb [usuallypassive] (informal, especially BrE) to make sb slightly angry
SYNANNOY:
[VN] My remarks clearly nettled her. [also VNthat]
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for nettle is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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