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pique noun /piːk/ /piːk/ [uncountable] (formal) jump to other results - 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.
Homophones peak | peek | piquepeak peek pique /piːk/ /piːk/ - peak noun
- Mount McKinley is the highest peak in North America.
- peak verb
- Birdsong tends to peak in the spring mating season.
- peek verb
- I have to peek out from behind a cushion when watching horror films.
- peek noun
- She sneaked a peek at her watch.
- pique noun
- He smashed his racket in a fit of pique.
- pique verb
- He knew the cutting remark would pique his friend's vanity.
Topics Feelingsc2Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting animosity between two or more people): from French piquer ‘prick, irritate’.
pique verb /piːk/ /piːk/ (formal)Idioms jump to other results - pique somebody/something to make somebody annoyed or upset synonym wound1
- The incident piqued his pride.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPique is used with these nouns as the object: See full entry Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting animosity between two or more people): from French piquer ‘prick, irritate’.
Idioms pique somebody’s interest, curiosity, etc. - to make somebody very interested in something
Homophones peak | peek | piquepeak peek pique /piːk/ /piːk/ - peak noun
- Mount McKinley is the highest peak in North America.
- peak verb
- Birdsong tends to peak in the spring mating season.
- peek verb
- I have to peek out from behind a cushion when watching horror films.
- peek noun
- She sneaked a peek at her watch.
- pique noun
- He smashed his racket in a fit of pique.
- pique verb
- He knew the cutting remark would pique his friend's vanity.
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