Antonyms for piqued

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

Synonyms for piqued

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