peeve
pronunciation
How to pronounce peeve in British English:
UK [pi:v]
How to pronounce peeve in American English:
US [piv]
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- Verb:
- cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful
Word Origin
- peeve (v.)
- 1907 (implied in peeved), back-formation from peevish. As a noun, attested by 1910. Related: Peeved; peeving; peeves.
Example
- 1. One personal pet peeve I 've always had with voice memos was the inability to wirelessly share large files .
- 2. My only pet peeve is rain on sunday .
- 3. Do you have any pet peeve .
- 4. My pet peeve ? Customers who paw through a stack of shirts .
- 5. What is monica 's biggest pet peeve ?