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peeve (pēv)

transitive verb peeved, peev·ing

Informal to make peevish or bad-tempered; annoy

Etymology: back-form. < peevish

noun

  1. an object of dislike; annoyance
  2. a peevish state

peeve Synonyms

peeve

v.

irritate, annoy, anger; see bother 2. See syn. study at irritate.

peeve Usage Examples

Object

bit: I am a bit peeved to have lost an entire day somewhere there, however.

Converse of object

have: Pet peeve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Typically each person has several pet peeves that aggravate him more than the average person.

Adjective modifier

  • pet: How about a pet peeve instead - the phrase " Shoot an email.
  • big: Tension ( as well as timing - lack of which is even bigger pet peeve for me ) probably deserves its own topic.
  • personal: The fact that he sells drugs to kids is just a personal pet peeve.
  • certain: And because generally I have this wonderfully relaxed attitude, I reserve the right utterly to see red over certain pet peeves.

Modifying Another Word

  • slightly: I got a kind of snotty reply - funny how you just know they are slightly peeved at your question.
  • rather: Wayne, meanwhile, went away from the meeting rather peeved.
  • little: Vincent, I am more than a little peeved with Adobe.
  • really: But she has really peeved me off as i didn't do anything to deserve the reaction i got!
  • very: Gandhi's tactics only work if the other side lets it and Gandhi used to get very peeved when others used it against him.
  • extremely: I was extremely peeved that I wasn't, at that time, set up to do it.

Followed by an intransitive particle

off: That's what your cynic will think, and I get peeved off with it.

Infinitive complement

have: I am a bit peeved to have lost an entire day somewhere there, however.

Preposition: of

  • mine: Actually, that's a pet peeve of mine.
  • month: My editing peeve of the month is " confidential " signature blocks.

Noun used with modifier

pet: The fact that he sells drugs to kids is just a personal pet peeve.

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