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English Dictionary: nettled by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nettled
adj
  1. 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"
    Synonym(s): annoyed, irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, roiled, steamed, stung
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nettle \Net"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nettled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Nettling}.]
      To fret or sting; to irritate or vex; to cause to experience
      sensations of displeasure or uneasiness not amounting to
      violent anger.
  
               The princes were so nettled at the scandal of this
               affront, that every man took it to himself.
                                                                              --L'Estrange.
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