Antonyms for nettled

Grammar : Verb

Spell : net-l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɛt l

Definition of nettled

Origin : "vexed, irritated," c.1400, figurative adjectival use of past participle of nettle (v.).

verb provoke, upset

Example sentences :

"That mare'll beat him," retorted Porter, curtly, nettled by the other's cocksureness.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

No doubt from his point of view this notion was natural, but it nettled me.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

But it nettled her that everybody should be so congratulatory, and nobody surprised.
Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various

A question so unexpected, nettled Solomon Daisy not a little.
Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

"I did not do it," said Paul, nettled at the charge, and growing red in the face.
Extract from : « Winning His Way » by Charles Carleton Coffin

He was nettled and put out, for he was somewhat thin-skinned.
Extract from : « The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII. » by Guy de Maupassant

It nettled a woman's soft ambition; which is, to be as well loved as ever woman was.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 » by Various

It nettled Dean—frank, outspoken, straightforward as he had always been.
Extract from : « Warrior Gap » by Charles King

This nettled Jim, who did not sympathize with his friend's extravagance at times.
Extract from : « Frontier Boys in Frisco » by Wyn Roosevelt

First, he was nettled by his friend's use of the words "poor little thing."
Extract from : « Hunter's Marjory » by Margaret Bruce Clarke

Synonyms for nettled

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