Thesaurus / peeve
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synonyms for peeve
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- disturb
- exasperate
- gall
- irk
- irritate
- rile
- vex
- aggravate
- anger
- bug
- bum
- burn
- get
- hack off
- miff
- nettle
- pique
- provoke
- roil
- steam
- drive up the wall
- get one's goat
- put out
- rub the wrong way
- tick off
- T-off
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Kelly Lightfoot, her not-too-serious peeve forgotten, had come back into the galley to listen to the radio exchange.
CODE THREERICK RAPHAELOf course I know you don't mean it—you're simply hot and tired, and trying to work off your peeve on me.
MAIN STREETSINCLAIR LEWISBut for Charley and his overloaded peeve, they would have been in Crystal City inside the hour.
MASTER OF THE MOONDOGSTANLEY MULLENPaste this, Fuscus, in your hat:Not a pesky thing can peeve me.
A LINE-O'-VERSE OR TWOBERT LESTON TAYLOR"Was is right," Crawford growled, now on one of his favorite peeve subjects.
BORDER, BREED NOR BIRTHDALLAS MCCORD REYNOLDSBrickbats mingle with bouquetsShied at my devoted cranium.Does it peeve yours truly?
A LINE-O'-VERSE OR TWOBERT LESTON TAYLORWORDS RELATED TO PEEVE
- T-off
- abrade
- agitate
- ask for it
- badger
- be at
- be on the back of
- bedevil
- beleaguer
- bore
- bother
- break
- bug
- burn up
- chafe
- displease
- distress
- disturb
- egg on
- exasperate
- fire up
- gall
- get
- gnaw
- harass
- harry
- heat up
- henpeck
- hit where one lives
- irk
- madden
- make waves
- miff
- nag
- needle
- nettle
- nudge
- peeve
- perturb
- pester
- plague
- provoke
- push button
- ride
- rile
- ruffle
- tease
- tick off
- trouble
- turn off
- vex
- work on
- worry
- T-offs
- abrades
- agitates
- asks for it
- badgers
- bears
- bedevils
- beleaguers
- bothers
- breaks
- bugs
- burns up
- chafes
- displeases
- distresses
- disturbs
- egg on
- exasperates
- fires up
- galls
- gets
- gnaws
- harasses
- harries
- heats up
- henpecks
- hits where one lives
- irks
- is at
- is on the back of
- maddens
- makes waves
- miffs
- nags
- needles
- nettles
- nudges
- peeves
- perturbs
- pesters
- plagues
- provokes
- pushes button
- rides
- riles
- ruffles
- teases
- ticks off
- troubles
- turns off
- vexes
- works on
- worries
- afflict
- aggrieve
- agonize
- ail
- be on one's case
- bother
- break
- bug
- burn up
- depress
- desolate
- discombobulate
- disquiet
- disturb
- do a number on
- dog
- eat
- get
- get to
- give a hard time
- grieve
- harass
- harry
- hound
- hurt
- injure
- irk
- irritate
- make it tough for
- miff
- nag
- needle
- nit-pick
- oppress
- pain
- peeve
- perplex
- pester
- pick on
- plague
- push
- push buttons
- rack
- sadden
- strain
- strap
- stress
- tick off
- torment
- torture
- trouble
- try
- vex
- weigh
- wound
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