PEEVE
Dictionary entry overview: What does peeve mean?
• PEEVE (noun)
The noun PEEVE has 1 sense:
1. an annoyed or irritated mood
Familiarity information: PEEVE used as a noun is very rare.
• PEEVE (verb)
The verb PEEVE has 1 sense:
1. cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful
Familiarity information: PEEVE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PEEVE (noun)
Meaning:
An annoyed or irritated mood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("peeve" is a kind of...):
humor; humour; mood; temper (a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling)
• PEEVE (verb)
Meaning:
Cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Hypernyms (to "peeve" is one way to...):
annoy; bother; chafe; devil; get at; get to; gravel; irritate; nark; nettle; rag; rile; vex (cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The performance is likely to peeve Sue
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