Nettle 1100 Words You Need Week 14 Day 1

Nettle 1100 Words You Need

Nettle 1100 Words You Need

/ˈnet.ļ/ (noun & verb)

to annoy and irritate someone, bother, pester, vex, badger, needle, aggravate, enrage, provoke, hassle, bedevil, tease, get in one’s hair, to sting someone – (noun): a wild type of plant with stinging leaves:

The high spirit of the veteran was nettled by some allusions made in parliament to his straitened circumstances.

Source: The book: The Pictorial History of England: Being a History of the People, as Well as a History of the Kingdom

Almost all of the histamine is stored in a specific kind of cell, the so-called mast cells. When these cells are activated, i.e. if they are “nettled” by a stimulant (and there are a number of stimulants that do so), the mast cells release their histamine into the skin tissue resulting in itching.

This itch-triggering effect of histamine is very clearly evident after an insect bite for example, or after contact with stinging nettles.

Source: http://www.urtikaria.net/

Antonyms: to please, do someone a favor, satisfy, make happy, gratify

Adjective: nettled

Noun: nettle, nettle rash