pique
3
7.9
- noun
- /piːk/
:
resentimiento
- She felt a wave of pique when her coworker ignored her suggestion in the meeting.
- fit of pique
- a moment of pique
- personal pique
Examples
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Offended by the understatement, Celestina rejoins in a tone filled with pique and professional vanity.
Academic text (1995) -
I was aware of considerable pique when Elizabeth reported all this to me.
Fiction book (1992) -
Then she made an appropriate noise of pique and backed out.
Fiction book (1999) -
The president's pique is likely to dominate coverage of the news conference.
Blog text (5) -
The note of pique betrays one purpose fulfilled by the fantasy: the pleasure of control.
Academic text (1995) -
It's a good thing it wasn't an emergency, she says, allowing a note of pique to seep into her voice.
Fiction book (1998) -
Some have speculated that the bakers' union acted out of pique rather than economic self-interest.
Blog text (27) -
His pique was evident when he realized they had forgotten his birthday.
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After the argument, she struggled to suppress her pique towards him for the rest of the day.
Synonyms
957
1.0
A very strong feeling of being upset or annoyed
237
3.6
A sudden short burst of anger
27
3.6
A feeling of annoyance or anger
6
9.9
A sudden strong burst of anger
A short sudden moment when someone becomes very angry because things go wrong
Antonyms
How Annoyed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pique (a feeling of anger) comes from the same French piquer 'to prick', giving the image of a quick sting to the feelings. So a 'pique' is a sudden, short burst of irritation or wounded pride.