1. causing irritation or annoyance

1. present participle of nettle: to irritate or annoy

Examples

• His nettling comments made everyone uncomfortable.
• The constant interruptions were quite nettling.
• She found his criticism particularly nettling.
• The nettling sound of the alarm continued all morning.
• He was nettling his sister with silly jokes.
• The reporter kept nettling the politician with difficult questions.
• Her nettling behavior eventually drove away her friends.