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peeved

How to use peeved in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for peeved.

Editorial note

Google seem pretty peeved over stuff like the taps.

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Quick take

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"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of peeved gathered in one view.

adjective

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"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for peeved.

adjective

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"

Example sentences

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Google seem pretty peeved over stuff like the taps.

2

I was wondering why this plug peeved you so much. You compete with that guy.

3

I'd be peeved, but I'm luckily more aligned with the direction of rails rather than its past.

4

I'd be pretty peeved if that information was harvested by Apple Inc.

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But I was even more peeved of Android when there was no way to store contacts locally. No option to store on the phone, but instead you had to save to google account.

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Thank you for your comment, hope I am not being too harsh, I just have been very peeved by my experience. The downvotes are already here, not unexpected.

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Personally, I would be rather peeved to be advertised to in this way. I wouldn't find it clever or cute--I would just find it annoying.

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Because, to be frank, me and labmate are peeved right now about this. Google Scholar is a functional way to spread awareness about own research, but Google's response got on my nerves pretty badly.

9

So basically you used a service that costs money, you didn't pay any, and now you're peeved that they'd actually like to collect? > They could have dropped any other amount they wanted They probably told you "the usual amount".

10

I was a little peeved, but looking back not so much. I was receiving pressure and what I felt were conflicting orders from the CTO and CEO, and any company that lets someone go for showing initiative is not a place I want to work.

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Doctors get really peeved at people who research online and self-diagnose. On the other hand no-one cares about your health as much as you do, and no-one has access to as much information about what the root causes of malady could be.

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In fact I'm a bit on the peeved side about this guy, if he does have a young family, what the crap is he doing, why isn't he ensuring a more stable life for his family? For god's sake, get a stable job, do poetry on the side as a hobby like the rest of the world.

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"Some people are peeved that Google+ discourages you from participating pseudonymously. I dont think a social network that wants to target the mainstream and wants to capture real-world relationships has any real choice about this."

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I got peeved with Corning the other day when I found out they let another company produce Pyrex-brand glass under license which is not borosilicate glass. The whole point of Pyrex was resistance to heat, which you don't get with the cheaper soda-lime glass.

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It makes me peeved when these reports omit the names of the parties that were compromised in the intent of "protecting" their name. If I was a customer of one of the banks that got broken into, I think it would be my right to know that they're insecure so that I could put my money elsewhere.

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This peeved me much too, as everybody in my lab, infact the whole research floor has Google Scholar accounts including my professor. Phishing of researchers through an email officially sent by Google, to researchers official emails would have had repercussions.

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You're going to be discoverable regardless, it will just cost modestly more money, but not nearly so much money as attempting to sue you, so if someone is that peeved you're going to get sued regardless.

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> Doctors get really peeved at people who research online and self-diagnose Good doctors encourage patients to understand their condition. Let's not conflate that with exasperation over people who have a week old cough that they've decided is lung cancer because they've spent too much time on wrongdiagnosis.

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I'm peeved by everyone pretending or thinking EVs are solutions without any shortcomings whatsoever, and I'm peeved that we sometimes ignore/attack people who are in good faith just pointing out potential problems.

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The problem I see with the OP's method is firstly I would be peeved if I was a legitimate customer and interpreted this post as rewarding bad behaviour. Secondly as OP has publicly posted this he might actually lose revenue from future customers purposefully entering wrong keys to gain access to the coupon code.

21

I think people justifiably feel a bit peeved that word processors ran acceptably fast on a 286, and run acceptably fast on a modern multi-core many GHz machine, and yet the added functionality isn't that useful for most people.

22

Title should read: Aspiring author with evidence of a relatively minor issue finding small quantities of harmless e-waste at an e-waste recycling site is peeved that tech companies were more interested in resolving the issue than providing material for his book, launches an unsuccessful campaign to smear said companies' reputations and get free publicity for his book

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use peeved in a sentence?

Google seem pretty peeved over stuff like the taps.

What does peeved mean?

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"

What part of speech is peeved?

peeved is commonly used as adjective.