peeve means an annoyance or grievance. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
peeve is pronounced /piːv/.
Etymology
Back-formation from peevish.
noun
- An annoyance or grievance.“stylistic peeve”
verb
- To annoy; vex.“He was peeved to note that his hard work had been undone.”