Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nettled"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
nettled
adj : 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" [syn: {annoyed}, {irritated}, {miffed}, {peeved},
{pissed}, {riled}, {roiled}, {steamed}, {stung}]
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