Synonyms for nettled
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : net-l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɛt l |
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Définition of nettled
Origin :- "vexed, irritated," c.1400, figurative adjectival use of past participle of nettle (v.).
- verb provoke, upset
- "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
Antonyms for nettled
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