nettle

The word “nettle” has 2 syllables: net-tle

It's pronounced as /ˈnɛtəl/


What is synonym and antonym for nettle?

In the thesaurus, “nettle” has 9 synonyms and 12 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for nettle along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for nettle

  • annoy
  • bother
  • bug
  • eat
  • frost
  • get
  • irritate
  • persecute
  • ruffle

Antonyms for nettle

Meanings of nettle

  • noun
    1. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
    2. Certain plants that have spines or prickles:.
    3. Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:.
    4. Loosely, anything which causes a similarly stinging rash, such as a jellyfish or sea nettle.
  • verb
    1. Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting, causing a rash in someone.
    2. To pique, irritate, vex or provoke.

Example Sentences

  • She accidentally brushed against a nettle and felt a sharp sting.
  • The gardener wore gloves to avoid the stings of the nettle plants.
  • A soothing cream was applied to treat the rash caused by the nettle.
  • The herbal tea was made using dried nettle leaves for its health benefits.
  • Be careful when walking near the riverbank, there's a patch of nettle growing there.

On this page you'll find 21 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to nettle, such as: annoy, appease, bother, bug, conciliate, content, delight.

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Related Words

eat

  • absorb
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eaten

  • affronted
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  • grated
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  • maddened
  • mangled
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  • messed
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  • mouthed
  • munched
  • nagged
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  • nettled
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  • nursed
  • offended
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  • partaken
  • peeved
  • persecuted
  • perturbed
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  • picked
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  • piqued
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  • provoked
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  • rankled
  • rasped
  • refreshed
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  • riled
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  • rubbed the wrong way
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  • vext
  • victualed
  • victualled
  • wasted
  • wolfed
  • worn on
  • worried
  • wrecked

eats

  • affronts
  • aggravates
  • agitates
  • aliment
  • angers
  • annoys
  • antagonizes
  • badgers
  • baits
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  • banquets
  • board
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  • bolts
  • bothers
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  • breaks bread
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  • bugs
  • bullyrags
  • chafes
  • chews
  • chow
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  • comestibles
  • commissary
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  • corrodes
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  • devastates
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  • dines
  • dines out
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  • enflames
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  • finger food
  • fodder
  • food
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  • forage
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  • galls
  • gets
  • gets to
  • gluts
  • gnaws
  • gorges
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  • grates
  • grazes
  • gripes
  • grub
  • gulps
  • gums
  • hagrides
  • harasses
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  • incenses
  • inflames
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  • ingests
  • insults
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  • lunches
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  • meal
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  • nibbles
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  • nourishment
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  • offends
  • outrages
  • overeats
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  • pap
  • partakes
  • peeves
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  • rubs the wrong way
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  • viands
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  • vittles
  • wastes
  • wears on
  • wolfs
  • worries
  • wrecks

gall

  • abrade
  • acrimony
  • affront
  • aggravate
  • agitate
  • alienation
  • anger
  • animosity
  • animus
  • annoy
  • antagonism
  • antagonize
  • antipathy
  • arrogance
  • assurance
  • audaciousness
  • audacity
  • back talk
  • bad blood
  • badger
  • bait
  • ballyrag
  • bark
  • bedevil
  • bite
  • bitterness
  • blood feud
  • bother
  • brashness
  • brass
  • brassiness
  • brazenness
  • break down
  • break up
  • bug
  • bullyrag
  • burn
  • chafe
  • cheek
  • cheekiness
  • chew
  • chide
  • chutzpa
  • chutzpah
  • cockiness
  • conceit
  • confidence
  • conflict
  • coolness
  • corrade
  • corrode
  • crust
  • crust cynicism
  • decompose
  • devil
  • disaffection
  • discomfort
  • discompose
  • discord
  • discourteousness
  • disintegrate
  • disquiet
  • disrespect
  • dissolve
  • distress
  • disturb
  • eat
  • effrontery
  • enflame
  • enmity
  • enrage
  • erase
  • erode
  • estrangement
  • exasperate
  • excoriate
  • exercise
  • face
  • feud
  • file
  • flay
  • fray
  • frazzle
  • fret
  • friction
  • frost
  • get
  • get to
  • gnaw
  • grate
  • graze
  • grind
  • gripe
  • grudge
  • guts
  • hagride
  • harass
  • hardihood
  • harry
  • hassle
  • hate
  • hatred
  • haughtiness
  • heckle
  • hone
  • hostility
  • hutzpa
  • hutzpah
  • impertinence
  • impoliteness
  • impudence
  • incense
  • incivility
  • inconsiderateness
  • inconsideration
  • inflame
  • infuriate
  • inhospitableness
  • insolence
  • insult
  • irk
  • irritate
  • itch
  • jaundice
  • loathing
  • madden
  • malevolence
  • malice
  • malignancy
  • malignity
  • miff
  • nag
  • nark
  • nerve
  • nerviness
  • nettle
  • nibble
  • offend
  • outrage
  • overbearance
  • overconfidence
  • peel
  • peeve
  • persecute
  • pertness
  • perturb
  • pester
  • pique
  • plague
  • pomposity
  • presumption
  • presumptuousness
  • provoke
  • put out
  • rancor
  • rankle
  • rasp
  • reduce
  • rile
  • roil
  • rouse
  • rub
  • rub out
  • rub the wrong way
  • rudeness
  • ruffle
  • sandblast
  • sandpaper
  • sanguinity
  • sass
  • sauce
  • sauciness
  • score
  • scour
  • scrape
  • scratch
  • scuff
  • self-assurance
  • self-confidence
  • self-importance
  • sharpen
  • shave
  • skin
  • spite
  • spitefulness
  • strain
  • swagger
  • swash
  • tease
  • temerity
  • tension
  • torment
  • trouble
  • undo
  • unfriendliness
  • ungraciousness
  • unhinge
  • unsettle
  • upset
  • vendetta
  • venom
  • vex
  • vindictiveness
  • virulence
  • vitriol
  • wear
  • wear on
  • wear out
  • whet
  • worry

jar

  • agitate
  • altercate
  • amazement
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  • argufy
  • bandy words
  • bang
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  • basin
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  • beaker
  • bicker
  • blast
  • bleat
  • blow
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  • bolt from the blue
  • bolt out of the blue
  • bombshell
  • bottle
  • bounce
  • brabble
  • brawl
  • bray
  • buffet
  • bump
  • burette
  • butt heads
  • can
  • cavil
  • chafe
  • chalice
  • challenge
  • clang
  • clangor
  • clank
  • clash
  • clobbering
  • collide
  • collision
  • combat
  • concussion
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  • consider
  • contact
  • contend
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  • controvert
  • convulse
  • crash
  • creak
  • croak
  • crock
  • cruet
  • dare
  • debate
  • decanter
  • defy
  • differ
  • disaccord
  • disagree
  • discompose
  • discord
  • discuss
  • dispute
  • dissent
  • disturb
  • encounter
  • engage
  • ewer
  • eye-opener
  • fall out
  • fight
  • fillip
  • flagon
  • flask
  • fuss
  • gall
  • gargle
  • grate
  • grind
  • hammering
  • hassle
  • hit
  • impact
  • impingement
  • interfere
  • irk
  • irritate
  • jangle
  • jaw-dropper
  • jerk
  • jiggle
  • jolt
  • jounce
  • jug
  • jump
  • kick
  • kicker
  • knock
  • lambasting
  • licking
  • lock horns
  • marvel
  • meeting
  • mismatch
  • mix it up
  • nettle
  • nitpick
  • object
  • offend
  • oppose
  • outrage
  • pitcher
  • pot
  • pounding
  • protest
  • pummeling
  • pummelling
  • punch
  • quake
  • quarrel
  • quibble
  • rap
  • rasp
  • rattle
  • revelation
  • rock
  • row
  • scrap
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  • slam
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  • spat
  • squabble
  • strike
  • stunner
  • succussion
  • surprise
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  • tangle
  • thrashing
  • thud
  • thump
  • thunderclap
  • tiff
  • touch
  • tremor
  • tun
  • twist
  • urn
  • vase
  • vat
  • vessel
  • vibrate
  • wallop
  • wiggle
  • wobble
  • wonder
  • wrangle
  • wrinkle

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