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piqued

[ peekt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

(of interest, curiosity, etc.) excited or aroused:
By the end of the talk the audience had tons of questions, and left with a piqued interest in the world of lion research.
irritated and resentful, especially because of an injury to one’s pride:
The Act triggered President Truman's piqued reaction: he found the bill "un-American" and vetoed it, but to no avail.
(of pride, vanity, etc.) wounded:
Unimaginable horrors often result from nothing more than a move to second place, a public embarrassment, or a piqued ego.

Origin of piqued¹

When they were particularly piqued, Roman soldiers destroyed opponents so thoroughly that entire towns disappeared for decades.

So your interest is piqued, but then how did you convince Marvel to hand you the keys?

The challenge facing Handler, then, is to keep the attention of this “on-demand generation” after the initial piqued curiosity.

Her curiosity was piqued, and she began a nearly decade-long critical review of the research on dietary fat.

But as the day wore on, El Comandante was visibly piqued and coughing, in crippling pain.

And Lady Hartledon, rather piqued, gave the necessary orders on the following day for the removal.

This piqued George who replied that one might be a man, and even a very brave man, and yet not know all the roads on earth.

Sir Lucien was first surprised, then piqued, and finally interested by such unusual tactics.

The tone constituted a rebuff, and Rita's coquetry deserted her, leaving her mortified and piqued.

After a few days, when she could understand him no better than at first, she gave over being puzzled and remained piqued.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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