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- Dictionarypeeved/piːvd/
adjective
- 1. annoyed or irritated: "a somewhat peeved tone"
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adjective. informal uk / piːvd / us / piːvd / Add to word list Add to word list. annoyed: He was peeved because we didn't ask him what he thought about the idea. Synonyms. annoyed. irritated. miffed informal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Angry and displeased. acridly. acrimoniously. aggrieved. amused. exasperatedly.
1. : a feeling or mood of resentment. 2. : a particular grievance or source of aggravation. Synonyms. Verb. aggravate. annoy. bother. bug. burn (up) chafe. eat. exasperate. frost. gall. get. grate.
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.
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.
When you're peeved, you're extremely annoyed or irritated. If you eat the donut that your sister was saving for later, she's going to be so peeved! The adjective peeved comes from an older one, peevish, which originally meant "silly," and later came to mean "cross or fretful."
If you are peeved about something, you are annoyed about it. [informal].... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
adjective. informal us / piːvd / uk / piːvd / Add to word list Add to word list. annoyed: He was peeved because we didn't ask him what he thought about the idea. Synonyms. annoyed. irritated. miffed informal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Angry and displeased. acridly. acrimoniously. aggrieved. amused. exasperatedly.
