nettle - noun

any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)

nettle - verb

• sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation
• cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

nettle - thesaurus

annoy   bother   chafe   devil   gravel   irritate   nark   rag   rile   urticate   vex