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nettle
any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)
• Hypernyms:
weed
• Hyponyms:
stinging nettle, Urtica dioica, Roman nettle, Urtica pipulifera, wood nettle,
Laportea canadensis, richweed, clearweed, dead nettle, Pilea pumilla, artillery plant,
Pilea microphylla, friendship plant, panamica, panamiga, Pilea involucrata
1. sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation
• Syn:
urticate
• Derivationally related forms:
urtication (for: urticate)
• Hypernyms:
bite, sting, burn
• Verb Group:
urticate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
2. cause annoyance in;
disturb, especially by minor irritations
- Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me
- It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves
• Syn:
annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at,
get at, rile, nark, gravel, vex,
chafe, devil
• Derivationally related forms:
devilment (for: devil), deviltry (for: devil), devilry (for: devil), vexation (for: vex), vexer (for: vex), irritation (for: irritate), irritant (for: irritate), botheration (for: bother), bother (for: bother), annoyer (for: annoy), annoyance (for: annoy)
• Hypernyms:
displease
• Hyponyms:
get, get under one's skin, eat into, fret, rankle,
grate, peeve, ruffle, harass, hassle, harry,
chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague,
molest, provoke, antagonize, antagonise
• Verb Group:
chafe
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The performance is likely to nettle Sue
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