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- Dictionarypique/piːk/
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. arouse (interest or curiosity): "with his scientific curiosity piqued, he was looking forward to being able to analyse his find" Similar
- 2. feel irritated or resentful: "she was piqued by his curtness" Similar
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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.
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.
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.
Pique definition: A state of vexation caused by a perceived slight or indignity; a feeling of wounded pride.
If someone does something in a fit of pique, they do it suddenly because they are annoyed at being not treated properly.
PIQUE meaning: 1. the feeling of being annoyed 2. to make someone interested in something. Learn more.
