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   Pique

   /pēk/

   

   noun

   • 1. a feeling of irritation or resentment resulting from a slight, especially to one's pride: "he left in a fit of pique"

   verb

   • 1. stimulate (interest or curiosity): "you have piqued my curiosity about the man" Similar stimulatearouserouseprovokewhetawakenexcitekindlestirspurintriguegalvanize
   • 2. feel irritated or resentful: "she was piqued by his curtness" Similar irritateannoybothervexprovokedispleaseupsetoffendaffrontangerexasperateinfuriategallirkget someone's back updisgruntlenettleneedleruffleget on someone's nervesruffle someone's feathersmake someone's hackles riserub up the wrong wayinformal:peeveaggravatemiffrilegetget tobugget under someone's skinget in someone's hairhack offget someone's goatwind upnarkget on someone's wickgive someone the humpget acrossget up someone's nosetick offrankleridegravelbum outrarkvulgar slang:piss offrare:exacerbatehumprasp
   • 3. pride oneself: archaic "men, who are thought to pique themselves upon their Wit"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (denoting animosity between two or more people): from French piquer ‘prick, irritate’.

   Scrabble Points: 16

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   The meaning of PIQUE is to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff. How to use pique in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Pique.

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   Pique definition: to affect with sharp irritation and resentment, especially by some wound to pride. See examples of PIQUE used in a sentence.

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   a feeling of anger, especially caused by someone damaging your feeling of being proud of yourself: He stormed from the room in a fit of pique, shouting that he had been misunderstood. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Anger and displeasure. acrimony. anger. animus. annoyance. bad feeling. flap. fuss. get the hump idiom. gorge.

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   a feeling of anger, especially caused by someone damaging your feeling of being proud of yourself: He stormed from the room in a fit of pique, shouting that he had been misunderstood. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Anger and displeasure. acrimony.

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   Definitions of pique. verb. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) synonyms: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise. see more. verb. cause to feel resentment or indignation. synonyms: offend. see more. noun. a sudden outburst of anger. synonyms: irritation, temper. see more. noun.

7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definitionpique noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage ...

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   pique. noun. /piːk/. /piːk/. [uncountable] (formal) annoyed or bitter feelings that you have, usually because you believe that you have not been treated with enough respect. When he realized nobody was listening to him, he left in a fit of pique. She’d lied about it out of pique.

8. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › piquePIQUE definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary

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   6 days ago · pique in American English. (pik) (verb piqued, piquing) transitive verb. 1. to affect with sharp irritation and resentment, esp. by some wound to pride. She was greatly piqued when they refused her invitation. 2. to wound (the pride, vanity, etc.) 3.