PEEVE

v. 25B6; verb (informal) IRRITATE, annoy, vex, anger, exasperate, irk, gall, pique, nettle, put out, get on someone's nerves, try someone's patience, ruffle someone's feathers; Brit. rub up the wrong way; informal aggravate, rile, needle, get to, bug, hack off, get someone's goat, get/put someone's back up, get up someone's nose, give someone the hump; Brit. informal wind up, get on someone's wick; N. Amer. informal tee off, tick off.