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Meanings of pique in English

Portuguese
irritação
Catalan
irritació
Spanish
humor

A sudden outburst of anger.

        irritação
        Portuguese
        ofender
        Catalan
        atacar
        Spanish
        picar

        Cause to feel resentment or indignation.

              ofender
              Usage of pique in English
              1
              Plenty to pique the interest, therefore, in possibly treacherous conditions in Shizuoka.
              The Guardian
              2
              This is why the new partnership with CETC should pique public interest.
              The Guardian
              3
              Another sniff said Robert had diffused Lorraine's pique for the second time.
              The pretender's crown
              4
              He expressed pique that he hadn't been alerted to the problem earlier.
              Wired
              5
              Napoleon in his pique determined to win over the step-mother of Marie
              The Happy Days of the Empress Marie Louise
              6
              Those who know K. well credit his outburst to exhaustion & pique.
              The new yorker
              7
              On the romance front it is possible that you'll pique someone's interest!
              The South African
              8
              The services appeared to pique his interest as they would an anthropologist.
              The Guardian
              9
              Still, she said it was bound to pique curiosities and inspire awe.
              Reuters
              10
              But it was very natural that his indifference should pique her vanity.
              Madcap
              11
              The seaman had always evinced a settled pique against the one-eyed warrior.
              The Lock and Key Library: The most interesting stories of all na...
              12
              The seaman had always evinced a settled pique against the red-faced warrior.
              Tales of a Traveller
              13
              It was possible that Khrushchev was acting out of deep-seated psychological pique.
              One minute to midnight: kennedy, khrushchev, and castro on the b...
              14
              A filet de boeuf pique, and baked in its juice, with pickles.
              The Physiology of Taste; Or, Transcendental Gastronomy
              15
              You see I wanted to pique her into telling me something definite.
              Curious, if True / Strange Tales
              16
              Those gentlemen pillagers of stage coaches pique themselves on their great delicacy.
              The Companions of Jehu
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