Peeve synonyms and antonyms
pēv
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Part of speech:
To cause (someone) to feel impatient or angry; annoy:
bother (related)
(Intransitive) To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.
The definition of aggravate means to make worse or to annoy.
To interfere with; interrupt:
To annoy, disgust, irritate, tire out, etc.
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Nettle is defined as to sting, poke or annoy.
To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
Rile is defined as to anger or annoy.
To give trouble to, esp. in a petty or nagging way; disturb, annoy, irritate, etc.
desire (antonym)
Desire is defined as physically longing for something.
want (antonym)
The condition or quality of lacking something usual or necessary:
love (antonym)
A profound and caring attraction towards someone.
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like (antonym)
(Usually plural) Something that a person likes (prefers).
attraction (antonym)
The gravitational force exerted by one body on another.
please (antonym)
To be agreeable; give pleasure; satisfy
charm (antonym)
To use magic spells.
enchant (antonym)
Enchant is defined as to cast a spell on, or to delight someone.
attract (antonym)
To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.
To cause irritation to (another); make somewhat angry.
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(Intransitive) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
(Archaic) To intensify (a feeling, disease, etc.); aggravate
Wiseman
To irk or exasperate; vex:
To sail away, to depart.
To put a ruffle on (a garment, for example).
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A thing or circumstance that aggravates, or makes worse
A thing or person that annoys
A source of irritation:
(Physiology) The elicitation of a response to a stimulus in a plant or animal organ or tissue, especially in a nerve or muscle.
(Law) A use of property or course of conduct that interferes with the legal rights of others by causing damage, annoyance, or inconvenience.
A highly infectious, usually fatal, epidemic disease; a pestilence.
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Great pain or anguish, physical or mental; suffering; agony
Vexation is something that causes you to be annoyed or distressed.
get in one's hair
get on one's nerves
feelings (related)
To trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations
pain (related)
Pain is defined as to hurt or cause suffering.
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miff (related)
pissed-off (related)
annoyed (related)
embarassed (related)
nark (related)
non-plussed (related)
Find another word for peeve. In this page you can discover 48 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for peeve, like: irritate, anger, bother, aggravate, bug, disturb, irk, nettle, provoke, rile and vex.
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