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PEEVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does peeve mean? 

PEEVE (noun)
  The noun PEEVE has 1 sense:

1. an annoyed or irritated moodplay

  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 resentfulplay

  Familiarity information: PEEVE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PEEVE (noun)


Sense 1

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)


Sense 1

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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