peeve - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

Forum API

- See Also:
- - peer group
  - peer of the realm
  - peer pressure
  - peer-to-peer
  - peerage
  - peeress
  - peerie
  - peering
  - peerless
  - peery
  - peeve
  - peever
  - peevish
  - peewee
  - peewit
  - peg
  - peg leg
  - pegboard
  - pegbox
  - pegged
  - pegmatite
- Settings:
- - Click on word:
    gets translation
    does nothing
- - Recent searches:
    - Save history
    - View All
- Links:
- WR Random Word:
- Try out WordReference Random Word! Each page load will return a random word from the dictionary. Or test your knowledge and have each page load with the definition hidden!

peeve

in Spanish | in French | in Italian | English synonyms | in context | images

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
peeve /piːv/ informal

▶verb annoy; irritate: he was peeved at being left out. ▶noun a cause of annoyance.

– origin early 20th cent.: back-form. from peevish.

'peeve' also found in these Oxford entries:

Forum discussions with the word(s) "peeve" in the title:

pet peeve
pet peeve : I can't stop talking
pet peeve & dread

Ask in the forums yourself.Visit the English Only Forum.

Look up "peeve" at Merriam-Webster
Look up "peeve" at dictionary.com

In other languages: Spanish | French | Italian | Portuguese | German | Russian | Polish | Romanian | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic

Download free Android and iPhone apps

Android App

iPhone App

Report an inappropriate ad.