peeved; peeving
1
: a feeling or mood of resentment
2
: a particular grievance or source of aggravation
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Examples of peeve in a Sentence
Verb
she is constantly peeved by his habit of humming show tunes while she is trying to focus on her work
Noun
One of her peeves is people who are always late.
my main peeve with the animal welfare organization is the endless stream of unsolicited trinkets in my mailbox
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Fletcher Peters, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
Prior to publication of the op-ed, Berman had predicted in a conversation with Fortune that his former boss would be peeved by that timing.
—Samuel Burke, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
Tor Constantino, Mba, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
Seeing cooks walk back and forth to their pantry is one of Roger’s top peeves.
—Marni Jameson, Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2024
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Verb
But Pippa soon swings in with a big confession: These muffins were actually baked to convince Ravi to spill the deets about his dead brother.
Ravi, peeved that Pip pulled a bait and switch, tells her to leave him alone.
—Fletcher Peters, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
Prior to publication of the op-ed, Berman had predicted in a conversation with Fortune that his former boss would be peeved by that timing.
—Samuel Burke, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
Noun
It’s further reported that according to an unnamed OpenAI executive — which really peeves CEOs — that the new large language model is 100 times more powerful than GPT-4 and is likely to be combined with other LLMs such as 01, which launched in September.
—Tor Constantino, Mba, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
Seeing cooks walk back and forth to their pantry is one of Roger’s top peeves.
—Marni Jameson, Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2024
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“Peeve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peeve. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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