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pet aversion

noun as in pet peeve

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Neither here nor elsewhere did he meet with any signs of his pet aversion—the serpent tribe.

The British working man, if Punch is to be believed, disliked all foreigners, but his pet aversion was "them blooming Germans."

Of all the leaders of opinion in America this man was his pet aversion.

Swinburne is less amusing when he is exalting the Elizabethans than when he is cleaving the skull of a pet aversion.

In the distance, he saw Blake, his pet aversion, carefully working out an experiment.

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pet aversion, such as: bugbear, complaint, grievance, groan, hateful object, and peeve.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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