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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To cause to be annoyed or resentful. See Synonyms at annoy.
  2. n. A vexation; a grievance.
  3. n. A resentful mood: in a peeve about the delays.

Wiktionary

  1. n. An annoyance or grievance.
  2. v. To annoy; vex.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. an annoyed or irritated mood
  2. v. cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful

Etymologies

  1. Back-formation from peevish.

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‘peeve’ has been looked up 1201 times, added to 10 lists, commented on 4 times, and has a Scrabble score of 10.