资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

资料来源 : WordNet®

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}, {pissed off}, {riled}, {roiled}, {steamed},
           {stunng}]