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 RAPHAEL
Of 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 LEWIS
But for Charley and his overloaded peeve, they would have been in Crystal City inside the hour.
MASTER OF THE MOONDOGSTANLEY MULLEN
Paste 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 REYNOLDS
Brickbats mingle with bouquetsShied at my devoted cranium.Does it peeve yours truly?
A LINE-O'-VERSE OR TWOBERT LESTON TAYLOR
WORDS RELATED TO PEEVE
- abrade
- affront
- aggravate
- annoy
- bother
- bug
- burn
- chafe
- confuse
- distemper
- disturb
- drive up the wall
- enrage
- exasperate
- fret
- gall
- get
- get on nerves
- get under skin
- grate
- harass
- incense
- inflame
- infuriate
- irk
- madden
- needle
- nettle
- offend
- pain
- peeve
- pester
- pique
- provoke
- put out
- rankle
- rasp
- rattle
- rile
- roil
- rub the wrong way
- ruffle
- sour
- try
- vex
- abrade
- affront
- aggravate
- annoy
- bother
- bug
- burn
- chafe
- confuse
- distemper
- disturb
- drive up the wall
- enrage
- exasperate
- fret
- gall
- get
- get on nerves
- get under skin
- grate
- harass
- incense
- inflame
- infuriate
- irk
- madden
- needle
- nettle
- offend
- pain
- peeve
- pester
- pique
- provoke
- put out
- rankle
- rasp
- rattle
- rile
- roil
- rub the wrong way
- ruffle
- sour
- try
- vex
- absorb
- affront
- annoy
- arouse
- bother
- bug
- displease
- egg on
- exasperate
- excite
- fire up
- gall
- galvanize
- get
- get a rise out of
- get under skin
- give a hard time
- give the business
- goad
- goose
- grab
- ignite
- incense
- irk
- irritate
- kindle
- make waves
- miff
- mortify
- motivate
- move
- nettle
- offend
- peeve
- prick
- put out
- quicken
- rile
- rouse
- spur
- stimulate
- sting
- stir
- vex
- whet
- work up
- wound
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.