Usually means: Minor annoyance that's personally irritating.
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  1. pet peeve: Merriam-Webster
  2. pet peeve: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. pet peeve: Vocabulary.com
  4. pet-peeve: Wordnik
  5. pet peeve: Wiktionary
  6. pet peeve: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. pet peeve: Dictionary.com
  8. Pet Peeve (novel), Pet peeve (disambiguation), Pet peeve: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. pet peeve: Rhymezone
  10. pet peeve: FreeDictionary.org
  11. pet peeve: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. pet peeve: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pet peeve: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pet peeve)

▸ noun:  (colloquial) Something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike.

Similar:
pet hate, dislike, phobia, complex, aversion, anathema, allergy, antipathy, hate-on, anger, more...

Opposite:
quirk, idiosyncrasy, eccentricity, foible

Types:
people who are late, people who are loud, more...

Adjectives:
peevish, hacked off, creeped out, pissant, craven, gabra, miffy, pet, irate, piqued, nettled

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Similar:
pet hate, dislike, phobia, complex, aversion, anathema, allergy, antipathy, hate-on, anger, more...

Opposite:
quirk, idiosyncrasy, eccentricity, foible

Types:
people who are late, people who are loud, more...

Adjectives:
peevish, hacked off, creeped out, pissant, craven, gabra, miffy, pet, irate, piqued, nettled



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