Synonyms for nettle

Most common

sting · gravel · rag · urticate

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Verb

Noun

Antonyms

please

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Definitions

1. v. 1

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

   The children were badly nettled after playing in the field.

2. n. 1

   Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash. Especially, most species of herb genus Urtica, stinging nettles: Most, but not all, subspecies of Urtica dioica (common nettle),

Related words

Word family

nettle-rash nettlesome

Phrases

dead nettle devil's nettle fen nettle hemp nettle nettle tree stinging nettle stingless nettle flame nettle

Forms

Plural

nettles → narcs…

Past participle

nettled
e.g. nettled → vexed, irritated, deviled, annoyed…

Example sentences

• sting I remember the sting, both physical and emotional.
• gravel Tom walked down the gravel road towards his farm.
• rag My mother uses my father's old short as a dust rag.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

rag¹, vex¹

4 letters

narc¹, rile¹

5 letters

anger², devil², sting¹, annoy², pique¹, chafe¹

6 letters

bother², gravel², offend², ruffle², pester²

7 letters

trouble², provoke², incense²

8 letters

irritate³, urticate

10 letters

exasperate⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (anger² = 2 syllables).