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Definition of Nettled
1. Adjective. Aroused to impatience or anger. "Roiled by the delay"
Similar to: Displeased
Definition of Nettled
1. Verb. (past of nettle) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nettled
1. nettle [v] - See also: nettle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nettled
Literary usage of Nettled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"To HAVE PISSED ON A NETTLE = to be peevish or out of temper ; nettled = (I) annoyed,
... I, tho' nettled that he secm'd to slur . . . Our formal compact. ..."
2. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"Lavington had been nettled by a sham 'charge' published in his name by some
unknown person during 1748, and containing methodist sentiments. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"nettled. Out of temper; provoked. An ill-tempered person was said to have [watered]
on a nettle. Nominale MS. NBVB. A nephew. ..."
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