Synonyms for peeve
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Antonyms for peeve
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EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR PEEVE
Paste this, Fuscus, in your hat:Not a pesky thing can peeve me.
Brickbats mingle with bouquetsShied at my devoted cranium.Does it peeve yours truly?
Of course I know you don't mean it—you're simply hot and tired, and trying to work off your peeve on me.
WORD ORIGIN
1907 (implied in peeved), back-formation from peevish. As a noun, attested by 1910. Related: Peeved; peeving; peeves.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR PEEVE
aggravate
verbannoyaggravated
verbannoyaggravating
verbannoyannoy
verbirritate, upset- 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
annoys
verbirritate, upset- 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.