as in annoyed
subjected to and reacting with irritation
we were short a cook, and peeved diners were getting up and leaving before we could serve them
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as in irritated
to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts
she is constantly peeved by his habit of humming show tunes while she is trying to focus on her work
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Recent Examples of peeved
Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
This isn’t the first time that Harry was allegedly peeved because of Meghan’s Netflix show.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2025
Continue reading … DEMANDING ANSWERS – Top Democrats peeved over $8B Paramount-Skydance merger, citing Trump influence.
—FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Snitker was a bit peeved at the implication that his team had little to play for but pride.
—David O'Brien, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
With his far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, sitting in the front row, Netanyahu took the stage, looking a little peeved, and berated the event’s organizers for muddling his slide show.
—Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
This isn’t the first time that Harry was allegedly peeved because of Meghan’s Netflix show.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2025
Continue reading … DEMANDING ANSWERS – Top Democrats peeved over $8B Paramount-Skydance merger, citing Trump influence.
—FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Snitker was a bit peeved at the implication that his team had little to play for but pride.
—David O'Brien, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peeved
Adjective
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God, annoyed, confuses their languages and disperses them, ending the construction.—
John Fugelsang
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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The downside is that Dylan was likely feeling very annoyed the whole time.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Yeah, Silver’s comments really irritated me.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
11 Sep. 2025
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Think flying in spring water to a Caribbean island because a female client thought the local water irritated her scalp.—
Louis J. Esterhazy,
Footwear News,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Despite his status as a pop culture icon for close to 50 years now, ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic has claimed he’s not terribly bothered about being overlooked by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.—
Tyler Jenke,
Billboard,
14 Aug. 2025
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When taking a deeper look at what causes Americans to feel bothered about protesters waving Mexican flags, some clear patterns emerge.—
Loren Collingwood,
The Conversation,
1 July 2025
Verb
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Power gains are bugged to be too low for a new power grind that no one wants to do anyway.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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His not winning it was considered a failure, and that bugged him.—
Brody Miller,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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During the trials, some participants experienced nausea and an upset stomach, but investigators found that dividing up the pills, instead of taking all four at once, and swallowing them with orange juice instead of water, helped relieve the symptoms.—
Megan McIntyre,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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So don’t be overly upset Yankee fans.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In Nazi Germany, transgender people were persecuted, barred from public life.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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More and more, people who have loyally served Putin’s system are being persecuted, mainly on the grounds of corruption.—
ANDREI KOLESNIKOV,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Meanwhile, the usually reliable Molly Shannon delivers an inexplicably manic performance of exasperated adult ineptitude as the school principal trying, with a lot of faffing about but very little urgency, to track the kids down.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
13 Sep. 2025
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The boy’s father, an exasperated man at the mercy of an Amazon-like delivery job that docks him for every second he so much as thinks about his son, is the only person who even wants to go through the effort of looking for him.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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At the same time, the new chief executive officer of the British Fashion Council, a former fashion editor who was most recently executive creative director of Selfridges, isn’t frustrated or angry about the myriad challenges London fashion is facing right now.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
18 Sep. 2025
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Conservatives are right to mourn his death and to be righteously angry.—
Nicole Russell,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Peeved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peeved. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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