Meaning of "peeve" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PEEVE

Back formation from peevish.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PEEVE

peeve  [piːv]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PEEVE

Peeve is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb peeve in English.

WHAT DOES PEEVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pet peeve

A pet peeve is a minor annoyance that an individual identifies as particularly annoying to themselves, to a greater degree than others may find it.

Definition of peeve in the English dictionary

The definition of peeve in the dictionary is to irritate; vex; annoy. Other definition of peeve is something that irritates; vexation.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PEEVE

PRESENT

Present

I peeve

you peeve

he/she/it peeves

we peeve

you peeve

they peeve

Present continuous

I am peeving

you are peeving

he/she/it is peeving

we are peeving

you are peeving

they are peeving

Present perfect

I have peeved

you have peeved

he/she/it has peeved

we have peeved

you have peeved

they have peeved

Present perfect continuous

I have been peeving

you have been peeving

he/she/it has been peeving

we have been peeving

you have been peeving

they have been peeving

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I peeved

you peeved

he/she/it peeved

we peeved

you peeved

they peeved

Past continuous

I was peeving

you were peeving

he/she/it was peeving

we were peeving

you were peeving

they were peeving

Past perfect

I had peeved

you had peeved

he/she/it had peeved

we had peeved

you had peeved

they had peeved

Past perfect continuous

I had been peeving

you had been peeving

he/she/it had been peeving

we had been peeving

you had been peeving

they had been peeving

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will peeve

you will peeve

he/she/it will peeve

we will peeve

you will peeve

they will peeve

Future continuous

I will be peeving

you will be peeving

he/she/it will be peeving

we will be peeving

you will be peeving

they will be peeving

Future perfect

I will have peeved

you will have peeved

he/she/it will have peeved

we will have peeved

you will have peeved

they will have peeved

Future perfect continuous

I will have been peeving

you will have been peeving

he/she/it will have been peeving

we will have been peeving

you will have been peeving

they will have been peeving

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would peeve

you would peeve

he/she/it would peeve

we would peeve

you would peeve

they would peeve

Conditional continuous

I would be peeving

you would be peeving

he/she/it would be peeving

we would be peeving

you would be peeving

they would be peeving

Conditional perfect

I would have peeve

you would have peeve

he/she/it would have peeve

we would have peeve

you would have peeve

they would have peeve

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been peeving

you would have been peeving

he/she/it would have been peeving

we would have been peeving

you would have been peeving

they would have been peeving

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you peeve
we let´s peeve
you peeve

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to peeve

Past participle

peeved

Present Participle

peeving

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «PEEVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «peeve» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of peeve

annoy · annoyance · bother · bug · exasperate · gall · get · gripe · irk · irritate · irritation · nark · nettle · nuisance · pest · pique · provoke · rile · vex · vexation

TRANSLATION OF PEEVE

Find out the translation of peeve to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of peeve from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «peeve» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 忿怒
• Translator English - Spanish: cosas que me molestan
• English: peeve
• Translator English - Hindi: झुंझलाहट
• Translator English - Arabic: غيظ
• Translator English - Russian: мозоль
• Translator English - Portuguese: implicância
• Translator English - Bengali: অপমান
• Translator English - French: mettre en rogne
• Translator English - Malay: Mengupas
• Translator English - German: ärgern
• Translator English - Japanese: 不満
• Translator English - Korean: 초조
• Translator English - Javanese: Peeve
• Translator English - Vietnamese: peeve
• Translator English - Tamil: வெடுவெடுப்பு
• Translator English - Marathi: फुंकणे
• Translator English - Turkish: huysuzlaştırmak
• Translator English - Italian: indispettire
• Translator English - Polish: zirytować
• Translator English - Ukrainian: мозоль
• Translator English - Romanian: scoate din sărite
• Translator English - Greek: πειράζω
• Translator English - Afrikaans: ergeren
• Translator English - Swedish: peeve
• Translator English - Norwegian: peeve

9 QUOTES WITH «PEEVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word peeve.

1

Art Alexakis

I have a pet peeve about bands that don't play their hits. I think it's kind of selfish.

2

Daniela Bobadilla

My biggest pet peeve is when people don't admit what they've done.

3

Tabatha Coffey

Being successful is about professionalism, and chewing gum is unprofessional. Its also a huge pet peeve of mine.

4

Jerry Ferrara

My biggest pet peeve are just girls who go to sports bars who have no intention on caring what teams are playing, like they're looking for just a night out. That drives me more crazy than anything else. Like, don't pretend to be a sports fan.

5

Katie Holmes

I have some road rage inside of me. Traffic, especially in L.A., is a pet peeve of mine.

6

Tim Hudson

I hate when people don't keep their word or they are late. Tardiness is a big pet peeve of mine.

7

Rashida Jones

My pet peeve and my goal in life is to somehow get an adjective for 'integrity' in the dictionary. 'Truthful' doesn't really cover it, or 'genuine.' It should be like 'integritus.'

8

Busy Philipps

I have the same pet peeve as Anderson Cooper, which is bare feet in public. I hate it. It so grosses me out, especially in New York. Oh my God, New York in the summer with people and their feet in their sandals and their flip-flops, like get it away!

9

Hal Sparks

Truth be told, ginormous portions have become a pet peeve of mine.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PEEVE»

Discover the use of peeve in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to peeve and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Pet Peeve

Unlikely Goblin hero Goody is instructed by the Good Magician Humfrey to find a suitable home for a foul-tempered bird, a quest that inadvertently triggers an invasion by an army of seemingly indestructible killer robots and forces Goody to ...

Piers Anthony, 2006

Ophelia and the Pet Peeve

Sometimes her independent streak gets her into a little bit of trouble. The good news is that she always manages to learn something in the end. In this story, Ophelia brings something unusual home from school - a pet peeve.

John Arguello, 2009

Men Like Gods

And also he wanted to get away for a time from Mr. Peeve. The very streets were becoming a torment to him, he wanted never to see a newspaper or a newspaper placard again. He was obsessed by apprehensions of some sort of financial ...

H. G. Wells, 2011

Pet Peeve (Xanth)

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Erwin Dee Kord, 2012

The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time: Wit and ...

Those intellectuals who name their companion animals Peeve (to be able to say “ This is my pet, Peeve”) have as their ally Jacques Barzun, America's only best- selling nonagenarian. “A couple of misplaced technicalities,” he writes from San ...

William Safire, 2007

Sweet and Sour Trinidad and Tobago

The. observations. continue . . . and. my. pet. peeve. I will now go back to the race ting, my pet peeve. I am so very sorry for the state of affairs with respect to the covert and sometimes racial overtones between the two dominant races in the ...

Johnny Coomansingh, 2010

Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection

P. gonochila, Pfr Navigator's Is. P. Guamensis, Pfr Guam Is. P. Hebe, Pfr Society Is. P. hyalina, Prod Society Is. P. inflata, Peeve Sandwich Is. P. lignaria, Pease Pacific Is. P. lineata, Less Friendly Is. P. lugubris, . . .Pease Pacific Is. P. Mastersi,  ...

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Baby and Toddler Sleep Solutions For Dummies

The. tooth. fairy's. pet. peeve: Grinding. the. chompers. The sound of a toddler grinding her teeth in her sleep (also called bruxism) is like fingernails on a chalkboard — only worse, because it raises the fear that she'll wear her pearly whites ...

Arthur Lavin, MD, Susan Glaser, MA, 2011

Tsumommy!: Riding the Wave of Motherhood

... the cable going out. I have heard repeatedly from others that “it is going around .” That particular statement is a pet peeve of mine, and come to think of it, the word peeve itself is annoying. I mean, have you ever heard peeve used in any other ...

Brenna Barzenick, 2008

Corporate Tribalism: White Men/White Women and Cultural ...

On Backstabbing Backstabbing rarely shows up in our training session as a peeve about women of color, although for Latina and Asian women that may be due to the relatively small number of them in management, since the pattern of ...

Thomas Kochman, Jean Mavrelis, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PEEVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term peeve is used in the context of the following news items.

Should Colorado State Fair stay in Pueblo? (2 letters)

The Colorado legislature has an annual pet peeve with the location of the state fair because it does not make money. However, the Denver Zoo ... «The Denver Post, Jul 15»

14 super-successful people share some of their biggest pet peeves

In an interview with ABC News, the Huffington Post Media Group president and editor-in-chief said her biggest pet peeve is "people who pride ... «Pontiac Daily Leader, Jul 15»

It's not just you: Philly restaurants are getting louder

... was speaking at a meeting of Friends in the City, an "active older adults" group that is attempting to organize around this shared peeve. «Philly.com, Jul 15»

Paul Krause, the man behind PK BootMaker

Pet peeve: Yeah, I'm not a complainer, I try to take it as it comes. Favorite thing about the quad-city area: The artists who live here, and the ... «The Daily Courier, Jul 15»

Artist's marine debris headed to US Capitol

“Which is a big pet peeve of mine.” Dillard says she hopes her designs will send a bigger message about society's wastefulness. “I want them to ... «Juneau Empire, Jul 15»

All Presentation, No Promotion

The subject of 6-man tags came up on the recent Steve Austin Show and I had to write about it. 6-man tags have been a pet peeve of mine for a ... «SportsBlog.com, Jul 15»

Te reo: We're not trying hard enough

His pet peeve is the way the locals pronounce the name of the place where he lives. I hope he doesn't mind you knowing where he lives. «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»

20 Questions with Ronald McDonald House Charities CEO Martin …

10) What's your biggest pet peeve? Gossip — Can't stand it. It's just another angry form of bullying. 11) What's your fast-food guilty pleasure? «Edmonton Sun, Jul 15»

Entrepreneur: Go mobile, but do it smartly

“Think about it: If you give away even 10 minutes of your day three to four times, that's a chunk of your day. Wasting time is a pet peeve of mine.”. «Kansas City Business Journal, Jul 15»

Games Inbox: Does Fallout 4 need to be funnier?

It sounds like a silly peeve that's present in most modern games but I'm sure everyone has wondered what it is that makes certain individuals so ... «Metro, Jul 15»