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- Dictionarypeeve/piːv/
verb
- 1. annoy or irritate: "that was the one thing that peeved him"
noun
- 1. a cause of annoyance: "another peeve of mine is these so called reality shows"
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The meaning of PEEVE is to make peevish or resentful : annoy. How to use peeve in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Peeve.
verb [ T ] uk / piːv / us / piːv / Add to word list. to annoy someone: What peeved her most was his thoughtlessness. [ + that ] It peeves me that she didn't bother to phone. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to annoy someone. annoy It annoys me that you're always late. bother It bothers me that you don't help with the washing up.
noun. a source of annoyance or irritation: Tardiness is one of my greatest peeves. Synonyms: grievance, affliction, vexation. an annoyed or irritated mood: to be in a peeve. peeve. / piːv /.
verb [ T ] us / piːv / uk / piːv / Add to word list. to annoy someone: What peeved her most was his thoughtlessness. [ + that ] It peeves me that she didn't bother to phone. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to annoy someone. annoy It annoys me that you're always late. bother It bothers me that you don't help with the dishes.
A peeve is something that really annoys you, like waiting in a long line or dropping a can on your toe because someone left it on the counter. Again. It's also a word for describing your resulting mood: peeved.
1. A vexation; a grievance: My pet peeve is when people chew gum during a lecture. 2. A resentful mood: in a peeve about the delays. [Back-formation from peevish .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
peeve. (piv ) Word forms: plural peeves. countable noun. If something is your peeve or your pet peeve, it makes you particularly irritated or angry. [US] The unsolicited ads appear prominently on the screen and are a pet peeve for many users. We all have our irrational peeves.
