pet hate

Frequency: 6.54.1 per million words

A minor annoyance that a person finds particularly irritating.

hateADJECTIVE + hate (noun)

Categories:

pet

Examples (10)

  • Jazz has always been a pet hate of mine.
  • My pet hate is people who are always late.
  • One of my pet hates is bad grammar in emails.
  • Her pet hate was noisy eaters at the dinner table.
  • Queue jumping is a real pet hate for most British people.
  • His pet hate is drivers who don't use turn signals.
  • Loud phone conversations in public places are my pet hate.
  • She couldn't hide her pet hate for reality TV shows.
  • What's your biggest pet hate about modern life?
  • Littering has become a major pet hate of mine recently.