nettled (adj.)
"vexed, irritated," c. 1400, figurative adjectival use of past participle of nettle (v.).
Nettled. Teized, provoked, out of temper. He or she has pissed on a nettle; said of one who is pevish or out of temper. [Grose, "Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 1785]
