pet peeve

noun

Something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike.

“Forgetting to finish a sentence with a period is one of my pet peeves.”

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Meanings

nounpet peeve (plural pet peeves)

plural pet peeves

  1. colloquialidiomaticSomething that is personally annoying; a personal dislike.

    Forgetting to finish a sentence with a period is one of my pet peeves.

    1 more example

    1970s, George Carlin, stand-up routine I don’t have pet peeves; I have major, psychotic hatreds.

    Synonyms: bugbear, pet hate

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSomething that is personally annoying; a personal dislike.

Similar
bugbearpet hate
Also see
bugbearpet hate

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 討厭的事情 /讨厌的事情
  • 討厭的事情 /讨厌的事情 (tǎoyàn de shìqíng)something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike
Danish yndlingsaversion
  • yndlingsaversionsomething that is personally annoying; a personal dislike
Finnish inhokki
  • inhokkisomething that is personally annoying; a personal dislike
French bête noire
  • bête noiresomething that is personally annoying; a personal dislike
German Hauptärgernis, Lieblingsärgernis
  • Hauptärgernissomething that is personally annoying; a personal dislike
  • Lieblingsärgernissomething that is personally annoying; a personal dislike
  • Lieblingsbeschwerdesomething that is personally annoying; a personal dislike
  • persönliche Abneigungsomething that is personally annoying; a personal dislike
Hebrew שנאת מחמד
  • שנאת מחמדsomething that is personally annoying; a personal dislike
Hungarian bögyében lévő dolog, leginkább bosszantó/idegesítő/irritáló dolog
  • bögyében lévő dologsomething that is personally annoying; a personal dislike
  • leginkább bosszantó/idegesítő/irritáló dologsomething that is personally annoying; a personal dislike
  • vörös posztósomething that is personally annoying; a personal dislike
  • előszeretettel ostorozott hiányosságsomething that is personally annoying; a personal dislike
  • előszeretettelemlegetett bosszúság (fel) (újra meg újra)something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike
Italian piccolo cruccio
  • piccolo crucciosomething that is personally annoying; a personal dislike
Polish idiosynkrazja
  • idiosynkrazjasomething that is personally annoying; a personal dislike
Portuguese ódio de estimação, implicância
  • ódio de estimaçãosomething that is personally annoying; a personal dislike
  • implicânciasomething that is personally annoying; a personal dislike
  • birrasomething that is personally annoying; a personal dislike
  • neurasomething that is personally annoying; a personal dislike
Russian пунктик, любимая мозоль
  • пунктик (punktik)something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike
  • любимая мозоль (ljubimaja mozolʹ)something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike
Spanish molestia favorita
  • molestia favoritasomething that is personally annoying; a personal dislike
Turkish bam teli
  • bam telisomething that is personally annoying; a personal dislike
Welsh cas beth
  • cas bethsomething that is personally annoying; a personal dislike
Cite this entry
APA

pet peeve. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pet%20peeve

MLA

“pet peeve.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pet%20peeve. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pet peeve,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pet%20peeve.

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