Thesaurus / peeve
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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
- abrade
- agitate
- anger
- annoy
- bluster
- bother
- browbeat
- bully
- chafe
- confuse
- cow
- disconcert
- disquiet
- disturb
- excite
- floor
- flummox
- flurry
- fluster
- fret
- fuddle
- gall
- get to
- harass
- intimidate
- irk
- nettle
- peeve
- perturb
- provoke
- put off
- put out
- rattle
- rattle one's cage
- shake up
- stir
- stump
- throw into tizzy
- torment
- trouble
- unsettle
- vex
- wear
- worry
- abrade
- afflict
- aggravate
- agitate
- anger
- annoy
- be at
- chafe
- depress
- displease
- disquiet
- disturb
- eat at
- embarrass
- exasperate
- fret
- gall
- get in one's hair
- get under one's skin
- give a bad time
- give a hard time
- grate on
- harass
- harry
- hassle
- infuriate
- irk
- irritate
- molest
- needle
- nettle
- offend
- peeve
- perplex
- pester
- pique
- plague
- provoke
- put out
- rasp
- ride
- rile
- tease
- tick off
- torment
- trouble
- turn off
- upset
- worry
- abrades
- afflicts
- aggravates
- agitates
- angers
- annoys
- chafes
- depresses
- displeases
- disquiets
- disturbs
- eats
- embarrasses
- exasperates
- frets
- galls
- gets in one's hair
- gets under one's skin
- gives a bad time
- gives a hard time
- grates on
- harasses
- harries
- hassles
- infuriates
- irks
- irritates
- is at
- molests
- needles
- nettles
- offends
- peeves
- perplexes
- pesters
- piques
- plagues
- provokes
- puts out
- rasps
- rides
- riles
- teases
- ticks off
- torments
- troubles
- turns off
- upsets
- worries
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