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Grammar : Verb
Spell : peek
Phonetic Transcription : pik



Definition of piqued

Origin :
  • 1530s, "fit of ill feeling," from Middle French pique "a prick, sting, irritation," noun of action from piquer (see pike (n.2)).
  • verb offend, provoke
Example sentences :
  • The Little Doctor, puzzled as well as piqued, went straight to the point.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • The words, of her age, piqued me; and I spared no pains to make him forget them.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • And Speranza was at first puzzled, then piqued, then himself madly fascinated.
  • Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • It was rather their action as a unit which piqued his interest.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • Are you piqued with me for anything that occurred this morning?
  • Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever
  • Charlie, piqued at her inattentiveness, essayed a volubility foreign to his words.
  • Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
  • This private matter was wholly unprofitable, but his curiosity had been piqued.
  • Extract from : « The Daffodil Mystery » by Edgar Wallace
  • "Please don't Mister Gillespie me," said I, piqued by a return to the formal.
  • Extract from : « Lords of the North » by A. C. Laut
  • He was piqued also that he had not been informed of the previous acquaintance of Eva and Tancred.
  • Extract from : « Tancred » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • Her calmness, however, piqued him sufficiently to allow him to rally.
  • Extract from : « The Young Duke » by Benjamin Disraeli

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