Antonyms for nettle

Grammar : Verb

Spell : net-l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɛt l

Definition of nettle

Origin : stinging plant, Old English netele, from Proto-Germanic *natilon (cf. Old Saxon netila, Middle Dutch netele, Dutch netel, German Nessel, M.Da. nædlæ "nettle"), diminutive of *naton, perhaps from PIE root *ned- "to twist, knot" (see net (n.)). "[N]ettles or plants of closely related genera such as hemp were used as a source of fiber" [Watkins].

verb provoke, upset

Example sentences :

Better be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

He had his cattle and his wild pot-herbs, such as the mugwort and the nettle.
Extract from : « Leading Articles on Various Subjects » by Hugh Miller

She drew a long breath of desperation and grasped the nettle firmly.
Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance

Then she bruised every nettle with her bare feet and plaited the green flax.
Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various

Mullein and nettle, henbane and wormwood, all are English emigrants.
Extract from : « Home Life in Colonial Days » by Alice Morse Earle

"Not a word," said Neeld, grasping the nettle firmly this time.
Extract from : « Tristram of Blent » by Anthony Hope

Or the stings, and minute, colourless blossoming of the nettle?
Extract from : « Proserpina, Volume 1 » by John Ruskin

And this other, either a nettle or not a nettle; but not nettlaceous.
Extract from : « Proserpina, Volume 1 » by John Ruskin

But the sting certainly does not exhaust the whole philosophy of the nettle.
Extract from : « Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 » by Charles H. Sylvester

In the nettle it takes the form of a tiny, seed-like, flattened nut.
Extract from : « Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 » by Charles H. Sylvester

Synonyms for nettle

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