noun, verb
noun [U] (formal) annoyed or bitter feelings that you have, usually because your pride has been hurt:
When he realized nobody was listening to him, he left in a fit of pique. * She'd lied about it out of pique.
verb [VN] (formal) to make sb annoyed or upset:
The incident piqued his pride.
piqued adjective [notbeforenoun]:
She couldn't help feeling a little piqued by his lack of interest.
IDIOMS
pique sb's interest, curiosity, etc. (especially AmE) to make sb very interested in sth
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for pique is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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