nettle
verb
irritate, annoy, irk, gall, vex, anger, exasperate, infuriate, bother, provoke;
upset, displease, offend, affront, get/put someone's back up, disgruntle, rankle with, pique, needle, ruffle, get on someone's nerves, try someone's patience, ruffle someone's feathers, make someone's hackles rise, raise someone's hackles, chafe;
British rub up the wrong way;
North American rankle, ride, gravel;
informal peeve, aggravate, miff, rile, get, get to, bug, get under someone's skin, get in someone's hair, hack off, get someone's goat, drive up the wall;
British, informal nark, get on someone's wick, give someone the hump, wind up, get across someone, get up someone's nose;
North American, informal tick off;
New Zealand, informal rark;
vulgar slang piss off;
British, vulgar slang get on someone's tits;
rare exacerbate, hump, rasp.
nettle Oxford Dictionary of English