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Synonyms & Antonyms of pet peeve
US
something that annoys or bothers a person very much
- One of my biggest pet peeves is people driving too slowly on the highway.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for pet peeve
- aggravation,
- aggro
- [British],
- annoyance,
- bother,
- botheration,
- bugbear,
- exasperation,
- frustration,
- hair shirt,
- hassle,
- headache,
- inconvenience,
- irk,
- irritant,
- nuisance,
- peeve,
- pest,
- rub,
- ruffle,
- thorn,
- trial,
- vexation
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The first known use of pet peeve was in 1917
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