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Meanings of
pique
in English
Portuguese
irritação
Catalan
irritació
Spanish
humor
Back to the meaning
A sudden outburst of anger.
temper
irritation
Portuguese
irritação
Portuguese
ofender
Catalan
atacar
Spanish
picar
Back to the meaning
Cause to feel resentment or indignation.
offend
Portuguese
ofender
Usage of
pique
in English
1
Plenty to
pique
the interest, therefore, in possibly treacherous conditions in Shizuoka.
2
This is why the new partnership with CETC should
pique
public interest.
3
Another sniff said Robert had diffused Lorraine's
pique
for the second time.
4
He expressed
pique
that he hadn't been alerted to the problem earlier.
5
Napoleon in his
pique
determined to win over the step-mother of Marie
6
Those who know K. well credit his outburst to exhaustion &
pique
.
7
On the romance front it is possible that you'll
pique
someone's interest!
8
The services appeared to
pique
his interest as they would an anthropologist.
9
Still, she said it was bound to
pique
curiosities and inspire awe.
10
But it was very natural that his indifference should
pique
her vanity.
11
The seaman had always evinced a settled
pique
against the one-eyed warrior.
12
The seaman had always evinced a settled
pique
against the red-faced warrior.
13
It was possible that Khrushchev was acting out of deep-seated psychological
pique
.
14
A filet de boeuf
pique
,
and baked in its juice, with pickles.
15
You see I wanted to
pique
her into telling me something definite.
16
Those gentlemen pillagers of stage coaches
pique
themselves on their great delicacy.
Other examples for "pique"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
pique
Noun
Singular
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
pique the interest
personal pique
little pique
private pique
white pique
More collocations
Translations for
pique
Portuguese
irritação
ofender
irritar
Catalan
irritació
ressentiment
atacar
ofendre
irritar
Spanish
humor
resentimiento
irritación
picar
ofender
herir
Pique
through the time
Pique
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common