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1. Any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)

1. Sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation
   - urticate
    
2. Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
   "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really nettles me";
   - annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at [informal], irritate, rile, nark [Brit, slang], gravel [US], vex, chafe, devil, tick off [informal], roil [N. Amer]

Derived forms: nettles, nettling, nettled

Type of: bite, burn, displease, sting, weed

Encyclopedia: Nettle, Daniel