Adjective nettled has 1 sense
  1. annoyed, irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, roiled, steamed, stunng - aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the delay"
    Antonym: pleased (indirect, via displeased)
,Verb nettle has 2 senses
  1. nettle, urticate - sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation
    --1 is one way to bite, sting, burn
    Derived form: noun nettle1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
  2. annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil - 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"
    --2 is one way to displease
    Sample sentence:
    The performance is likely to nettle Sue
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