peeved

1. 1.

   aroused to impatience or anger

   “made an irritated gesture”

   “feeling nettled from the constant teasing”

   “peeved about being left out”

   “felt really pissed at her snootiness”

   “riled no end by his lies”

   “roiled by the delay”

   Synonymsannoyedirritatedmiffednettledpissedpissed offriledroiledsteamedstung

   Similardispleased

Other forms of peeved

comparative

peevedder·

superlative

peeveddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about peeved

What does peeved mean?

peeved means "aroused to impatience or anger".

How many syllables are in peeved?

peeved has 1 syllable: peeved. In IPA it is /ˈpivd/.

What is another word for peeved?

Close synonyms include annoyed, irritated, miffed, nettled, pissed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is peeved a common word?

peeved is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.