pet hate



pet hate

Fig. something that is disliked intensely and is a constant or repeated annoyance. My pet hate is being put on hold on the telephone. Another pet hate of mine is having to stand in line.
See also: hate, pet

somebody's pet hate

  (British & Australian) also somebody's pet peeve (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.
See also: hate, pet

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
PiarasPEE-a-rusIrish
Donar-Germanic Mythology
BronisŁAwbraw-NEE-swahfPolish
Marzell-German
Durdona-Uzbek
Ike[aik]