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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
- 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
Synonyms for piqued
- absorb
- affront
- annoy
- arouse
- bother
- bug
- displease
- egg on
- exasperate
- excite
- fire up
- gall
- galvanize
- get
- get a rise out of
- get under skin
- give a hard time
- give the business
- goad
- goose
- grab
- ignite
- incense
- irk
- irritate
- kindle
- make waves
- miff
- mortify
- motivate
- move
- nettle
- offend
- peeve
- prick
- put out
- quicken
- rile
- rouse
- spur
- stimulate
- sting
- stir
- vex
- whet
- work up
- wound
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