"pet peeve" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pet peeve.wav Forms: pet peeves [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pet peeve (plural pet peeves)
  1. (colloquial) Something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Emotions Synonyms: bugbear, pet hate Related terms: get on one's nerves, peeved, push someone's buttons, red rag Translations (something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike): 討厭的事情 (Chinese Mandarin), 讨厌的事情 (tǎoyàn de shìqíng) (Chinese Mandarin), yndlingsaversion [common-gender] (Danish), inhokki (Finnish), bête noire [feminine] (French), Hauptärgernis [neuter] (German), Lieblingsärgernis [neuter] (German), Lieblingsbeschwerde [feminine] (German), persönliche Abneigung [feminine] (German), שנאת מחמד (Hebrew), bögyében lévő dolog (Hungarian), leginkább bosszantó/idegesítő/irritáló dolog (Hungarian), vörös posztó (Hungarian), előszeretettel ostorozott hiányosság (english: denouncing them) (Hungarian), előszeretettelemlegetett bosszúság (fel) (újra meg újra) (Hungarian), idiosynkrazja [feminine] (Polish), ódio de estimação [masculine] (Portuguese), implicância [feminine] (Portuguese), birra [feminine] (Portuguese), neura [feminine] (Portuguese), пунктик (punktik) (Russian), molestia favorita [feminine] (Spanish), bam teli (Turkish), cas beth [masculine] (Welsh)

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