urticate

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verb

To have or produce a stinging sensation, as of nettles or urticating hair.

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nettle
OriginLatin urticatus →
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Meanings

verburticate (third-person singular simple present urticates, present participle urticating, simple past and past participle urticated)

present singular third person urticates · participle present urticating · participle past urticated · past urticated

  1. To have or produce a stinging sensation, as of nettles or urticating hair.
adjectiveurticate (not comparable)
  1. not comparableMarked by the presence of wheals.

    In certain cases of erythemata there was an urticate look.

    1912, The British Journal of Dermatology, volume 24, page 278

Synonyms & antonyms

verbwhip with or as with nettles

Similar
nettle
Broader
whiplash

verbsting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation

Similar
nettle
Broader
bitestingburn
Also see
nettle

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinurtīca“nettle”
  2. Latinurticatus
  3. Englishurticate

From or formed like (post-Classical?) Latin urticatus, from Latin urtīca (“nettle”).

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APA

urticate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urticate

MLA

“urticate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urticate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “urticate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urticate.

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