nettled

Other forms of nettled

comparative

nettledder·

superlative

nettleddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nettled

What does nettled mean?

nettled means "aroused to impatience or anger".

How many syllables are in nettled?

nettled has 2 syllables: nett-led. The stress falls on "nett". In IPA it is /ˈnɛtəld/.

What is another word for nettled?

Close synonyms include annoyed, irritated, miffed, peeved, pissed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nettled a common word?

nettled is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.