Definitions
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
peeve .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective aroused to impatience or anger
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Examples
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Such a policy provoked this complaint from pilot Kenneth E. Booke: One new development that has us all highly peeved, is the fact that they have raised our missions from 25 to 30.
Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II 2008
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"Staff announcement, staff announcement," calls a peeved voice on the PA.
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I would probably be kind of peeved if my flight was a casualty of that prank!
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"People were kind of peeved; at that point, we just wanted to get home," said Jackson, who commutes daily on Metro.
Blue Line train misrouted to Orange Line, bewildering riders 2010
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In fact, now I'm getting kind of peeved thinking about someone out there who might not know it.
Well, somebody had to say it Arbogast 2009
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All four women were kind of peeved by that question.
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I leaned over to my friend, already a little angry that the film was falling into place for me, and muttered, "If it turns out that he's dead through this whole thing, I'm gonna be peeved" [OK, I didn't say "peeved," but you get the point].
Archive 2005-10-01 Richard Nokes 2005
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I leaned over to my friend, already a little angry that the film was falling into place for me, and muttered, "If it turns out that he's dead through this whole thing, I'm gonna be peeved" [OK, I didn't say "peeved," but you get the point].
Suspense and the English Professor Richard Nokes 2005
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I'm also kind of peeved that in the new series they are hinting that he is blind in the right eye.
Jonah Hex Ultimate Spaghetti Makeover! David Campbell 2007
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"I think everybody in town was kind of peeved off," said Stockley, who has been running iceberg excursions since 1985.
The Iceberg Wars 2002
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