Peeved is an English word with synonyms like annoyed or stung. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Peeved meaning
simple past and past participle of peeve
Synonyms of Peeved
Using Peeved
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of peeve
- Useful related words include: annoyed, stung, steamed, roiled.
- In the example corpus, peeved often appears in combinations such as: peeved that, was peeved.
Context around Peeved
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Peeved
- In this selection, "peeved" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, bit, seemingly, little, tomlin, mitsotakis and especially stand out and add context to how "peeved" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bit peeved that he and a little peeved especially since. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "peeved" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with peeved
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ferentinou said that wasn’t the answer a seemingly peeved Mitsotakis was seeking. (13 words)
They are are also peeved about the categorisation of their region as “urban”. (13 words)
I was peeved, as it took away from me watching "The Expanse" on Amazon Prime. (15 words)
It’s what the Versa 2 should have been, honestly, and I can see why some Versa 2 owners might be more than a little peeved (especially since they haven’t gotten the benefits of the Fitbit OS updates). (39 words)
If that happened to me at a bar, sure, I’d be pretty peeved, but I remember being appalled by what they wanted to take away from SpongeBob just because they had to hold it longer than they wanted. (39 words)
MRC was so peeved that they even went so far as to post an extremely detailed — and magnificently petty — rebuttal to a ho-hum account of their claim in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat back in November of 2015. (39 words)
Example sentences (13)
But people have a right to feel a bit peeved that he's whining about how his work is being changed when he himself hasn't even finished the books.
Following a Nov. 30 overtime loss to the Baltimore Ravens, a peeved Tomlin told reporters postgame he and the Steelers would “unleash hell” in December.
Ferentinou said that wasn’t the answer a seemingly peeved Mitsotakis was seeking.
It’s what the Versa 2 should have been, honestly, and I can see why some Versa 2 owners might be more than a little peeved (especially since they haven’t gotten the benefits of the Fitbit OS updates).
I was peeved, as it took away from me watching "The Expanse" on Amazon Prime.
And both like to feel important which is why HH is peeved that Edgar is the HE and not himself.
They are are also peeved about the categorisation of their region as “urban”.
According to the Croatian carmaker, its second stab at a hypercar can blaze from 0-60mph in a frankly ridiculous 1.85 seconds, which should be enough to pickle internal organs and have Musk thoroughly peeved.
But Brendan wasn’t the only X Factor contestant to be peeved this week as Danny Tetley threw major shade at his rivals over their ‘questionable’ song choices.
But some of Kasich's fellow Republicans in the House, peeved at their governor for sending back so many of their bills, might call a vote on the Medicaid issue as a show against him.
He was peeved because I suggested, in this very space, that Molson’s new transparency campaign was in trouble if the team president thought the man to bring in a new wave of openness was a corporate insider.
If that happened to me at a bar, sure, I’d be pretty peeved, but I remember being appalled by what they wanted to take away from SpongeBob just because they had to hold it longer than they wanted.
MRC was so peeved that they even went so far as to post an extremely detailed — and magnificently petty — rebuttal to a ho-hum account of their claim in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat back in November of 2015.
Common combinations with peeved
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: