nettle C2 Topic:Plants & Agriculture US /ˈnɛtəl/ See IPA manual Minimal pairs Sounds like natal /ɛ/ vs /eɪ/ Freq #38574 Meanings 1 noun a plant with tiny hairs that sting or irritate the skin The child brushed against a nettle beside the path. 2 verb to annoy or irritate someone The accusation nettled him more than he admitted. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a plant with tiny hairs... urtica 2 verb · to annoy or irritate someone irritateannoy More sting Word family Derived forms nettlesnettlednettlingnettlesome Related forms nettlesomenettledplant Common collocations nettle rash Noun + noun Etymology From Middle English netle, from Old English netle or netele. netle Old English *natilā Proto-West Germanic *natǭ Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Plants & Agriculture External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # nettle **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ˈnɛtəl/ **Frequency rank:** 38574 ## Meanings 1. a plant with tiny hairs that sting or irritate the skin 2. to annoy or irritate someone ## Examples - The child brushed against a nettle beside the path. - The accusation nettled him more than he admitted. ## Synonyms - urtica - irritate - sting ## Derived Forms - nettles - nettled - nettling - nettlesome ## Related Forms - nettlesome - nettled - plant ## Roots and Affixes - Root: netle - Root: *natilā - Root: *natǭ ## Etymology From Middle English netle, from Old English netle or netele. ## Topics - Plants & Agriculture markdown