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- DictionaryPique/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"
- 2. feel irritated or resentful: "she was piqued by his curtness"
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.
Pique definition: to affect with sharp irritation and resentment, especially by some wound to pride. See examples of PIQUE used in a sentence.
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.
The verb pique means to make someone angry or annoyed. But when something piques your interest or curiosity, here the verb pique just means to arouse, stimulate, or excite.
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.
1. to affect with sharp irritation and resentment, esp. by some wound to pride. 2. to wound (the pride, vanity, etc.). 3. to excite, arouse, or provoke: The remark piqued my curiosity. 4. Archaic. to pride (oneself) (usu. fol. by on or upon). v.i. 5. to arouse pique in someone. n.
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.
