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pet peeve

pet peeve noun: something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike.

Noun

pet peeve (plural pet peeves)

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

pet peeve meaning in Bengali

pet peeve in Bengali

একটি ব্যক্তিগত অপছন্দ

Synonyms of pet peeve

Forms of pet peeve

pluralpet peeves

Questions about pet peeve

What does pet peeve mean?
Pet peeve means something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike.
What is pet peeve in Bengali?
Pet peeve in Bengali is একটি ব্যক্তিগত অপছন্দ. See Pet peeve meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is pet peeve?
Pet peeve is a noun.
What is the plural of pet peeve?
The plural of pet peeve is pet peeves.

Words near pet peeve in the dictionary

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