peeve

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.