NETTLE
Definition:
- [noun] any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)
- [verb] sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation
Synonyms: urticate
- [verb] 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"
Synonyms: annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
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Related Words:
- get, get under one's skin
- eat into, fret, rankle, grate
- peeve
- ruffle
- fret
- harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
- antagonize, antagonise
- stinging nettle, Urtica dioica
- Roman nettle, Urtica pipulifera
- wood nettle, Laportea canadensis
- richweed, clearweed, dead nettle, Pilea pumilla
- artillery plant, Pilea microphylla
- friendship plant, panamica, panamiga, Pilea involucrata
