pet peeve
Recurring minor annoyance
A pet peeve is a minor annoyance that bothers someone more than it reasonably should—a personal grievance they nurture and return to: My pet peeve is people who chew with their mouths open.
The "pet" suggests something kept close, almost fondly maintained despite being irritating.
Mild anger or inflammation
- aggravationState of being vexed
- frustrationDispleasure from blocked efforts
- vexationFrustrated annoyance
- exasperationIntense weary annoyance
bother · nuisance · gripe · complaint · grievance · bugbear · thorn · hassle
Crossed bars or harsh
- jarringDisturbingly incongruous
- irksomeCausing mild frustration
- vexingCausing mild torment
- gallingIntensely annoying or humiliating
bothersome · aggravating · infuriating · maddening · provoking · nettlesome · obnoxious · offensive
Excessive focus on trivialities
- quibbleTrivial objection raised
- niggleCriticize in petty ways
- trifleInsignificant matter or thing
- trivialityUnimportant small matter
minutia · technicality · small potatoes · first-world problem · non-issue · nothing
Peculiar behavioral trait
- idiosyncrasyDistinctive personal peculiarity
- hang-upPersistent emotional obstacle
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
- obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation
aversion · hobbyhorse · particularity · peculiarity · sensitivity · sore spot · sore point · hot button
irritation
Mild anger or inflammation
- aggravationState of being vexed
- frustrationDispleasure from blocked efforts
- vexationFrustrated annoyance
exasperation · bother · nuisance · gripe · complaint · grievance · bugbear · thorn · hassle · headache
grating
Crossed bars or harsh
galling · bothersome · aggravating · infuriating · maddening · provoking · nettlesome · obnoxious · offensive · irritating
nitpicking
Excessive focus on trivialities
triviality · minutia · technicality · small potatoes · first-world problem · non-issue · nothing
quirk
Peculiar behavioral trait
- idiosyncrasyDistinctive personal peculiarity
- hang-upPersistent emotional obstacle
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
obsession · aversion · hobbyhorse · particularity · peculiarity · sensitivity · sore spot · sore point · hot button · bête noire
- preferencespreferences, prefer, likes, like, liking
- annoyancesannoyance, annoyances, irritations, irritation, nuisance
- complaintscomplaint, complain, complaints, complaint form, complaint letter
- sensitivitieslight sensitivity, skin sensitivity, pain sensitivity, fragrance sensitivity, chemical sensitivity
- obsessionsobsession, fixation, monomania, preoccupation, mania
- Sore Spotsraw nerve, weak spot, hot button, trigger, vulnerability
pet peevecrisis
Decisive dangerous moment
catastrophe · existential threat · hill to die on · red line
petty, pets, peevish, peeved, peeve, pettiness, peevishly, peevishness, pettier