nettle: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words

Suffixes of nettle

  • nettles
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    nettle

    • 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
      urticate.

  • nettled
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    nettled

    • adjective satellite aroused to impatience or anger
      riled; pissed off; peeved; stung; miffed; roiled; steamed; annoyed; pissed; irritated.
      • made an irritated gesture
      • feeling nettled from the constant teasing
      • peeved about being left out
      • felt really pissed at her snootiness
      • riled no end by his lies
      • roiled by the delay
    • verb sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation
      nettle; urticate.

  • nettlesome
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    nettlesome

    • adjective satellite causing irritation or annoyance
      pestering; plaguey; plaguy; galling; teasing; vexing; pesky; bothersome; vexatious; annoying; pestiferous; irritating.
      • tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork
      • aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport
      • found it galling to have to ask permission
      • an irritating delay
      • nettlesome paperwork
      • a pesky mosquito
      • swarms of pestering gnats
      • a plaguey newfangled safety catch
      • a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him
      • a vexatious child
      • it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
    • adjective satellite easily irritated or annoyed
      peckish; testy; tetchy; petulant; cranky; techy; fractious; irritable; scratchy; pettish; peevish.
      • an incorrigibly fractious young man
      • not the least nettlesome of his countrymen

  • nettler
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    nettle

    • 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
      urticate.





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