Meaning

1 senses
  1. (colloquial, idiomatic)Something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike.

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

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

    Hauptärgernis, Lieblingsärgernis, Lieblingsbeschwerde

    пунктикpunktik, любимая мозольljubimaja mozolʹ

More definitions
  • an opportunity for complaint that is seldom missed

Examples

12 sentences
  1. What are your pet peeves?

    Які твої улюблені нарікання? — deniko

    ruЧто тебя больше всего бесит? — Imp

  2. I know it's one of your pet peeves.

    Я знаю, що це одне з твоїх улюблених нарікань. — deniko

    ruЯ знаю, что это один из ваших главных раздражителей. — Ooneykcall

  3. What are your coworker pet peeves?

  4. This is my biggest pet peeve.

  5. My pet peeve is pen clicking.

    ruМеня бесит, когда щёлкают ручкой. — marafon

Translations

8 languages
Русский
something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike:
Deutsch
something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike:

Forms

plural: pet peeves
Singularpet peeve
Pluralpet peeves

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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