- pet hate
- British
something that you dislike very much, or that makes you extremely angry
My pet hate is people chewing gum with their mouths open.
English dictionary. 2014.
pet hate
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pet hate — pet aversion or pet hate noun A chief object of dislike • • • Main Entry: ↑pet * * * pet hate british phrase something that you dislike very much, or that makes you extremely angry My pet hate is people chewing gum with their mouths open.… … Useful english dictionary
pet hate — (someone s) pet hate British & Australian, American something that you do not like at all. A pet hate of ours is telephone salesmen who phone just as we re sitting down to watch TV. Cleaning the bathroom is my pet peeve … New idioms dictionary
Pet Hate — For the term, see pet peeve .PET HATE is the name of a British heavy metal band who had a few albums out in the 1980s including bad publicity and the bride wore red .The band is named after the idea of a pet peeve … Wikipedia
pet hate — noun Something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike. Syn: pet peeve … Wiktionary
ˌpet ˈhate — noun [C] British something that you dislike very much … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
someone's pet hate — (someone s) pet hate British & Australian, American something that you do not like at all. A pet hate of ours is telephone salesmen who phone just as we re sitting down to watch TV. Cleaning the bathroom is my pet peeve … New idioms dictionary
somebody's pet hate — sb s pet ˈhate idiom (BrE) (NAmE sb s pet ˈpeeve) something that you particularly dislike Main entry: ↑petidiom … Useful english dictionary
pet — Ⅰ. pet [1] ► NOUN 1) a domestic or tamed animal or bird kept for companionship or pleasure. 2) a person treated with special favour. 3) used as an affectionate form of address. ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to or kept as a pet. 2) … English terms dictionary
pet aversion — or pet hate noun A chief object of dislike • • • Main Entry: ↑pet … Useful english dictionary
hate — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 strong feeling of dislike ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, pure ▪ In her eyes he could see naked hate. VERB + HATE ▪ be filled with, be full of … Collocations dictionary
