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pique
1[ peek ]
verb (used with object)
- to affect with sharp irritation and resentment, especially by some wound to pride:
She was greatly piqued when they refused her invitation.
Synonyms: chafe, irritate, vex, nettle, sting, offend
Antonyms: please
- to wound (the pride, vanity, etc.).
Synonyms: affront
Antonyms: compliment
- to excite (interest, curiosity, etc.):
Her curiosity was piqued by the gossip.
- to arouse an emotion or provoke to action:
to pique someone to answer a challenge.
- Archaic. to pride (oneself) (usually followed by on or upon ).
verb (used without object)
- to arouse pique in someone:
an action that piqued when it was meant to soothe.
noun
- a feeling of irritation or resentment, as from a wound to pride or self-esteem:
to be in a pique.
- Obsolete. a state of irritated feeling between persons.
pique
2[ peek ]
noun
piqué
3[ pi-key, pee-; French pee-key ]
noun
- a fabric of cotton, spun rayon, or silk, woven lengthwise with raised cords.
- Ballet. a step in which the dancer steps onto the tip of the toe without bending the knee.
- ornamentation by means of punched or stippled patterns, sometimes inlaid with metal, ivory, tortoise shell, etc.
adjective
- (of glove seams and gloves) stitched through lapping edges.
- decorated with inlay:
a piqué box.
piqué
1/ ˈpiːkeɪ /
noun
- a close-textured fabric of cotton, silk, or spun rayon woven with lengthwise ribs
pique
2/ piːk /
noun
- a feeling of resentment or irritation, as from having one's pride wounded
verb
- to cause to feel resentment or irritation
- to excite or arouse
- foll byon or upon to pride or congratulate (oneself)
pique
3/ piːk /
noun
- a score of 30 points made by a player from a combination of cards held before play begins and from play while his opponent's score is nil
verb
- to score a pique (against)
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Example Sentences
Elisabetta Piqué, who knew Bergoglio well as a cardinal, writes in the present tense as if to convey real time passing.
She had a graceful figure, and the slender foot below her white piqué skirt was at once the envy and admiration of Aix-les-Bains.
It was a little trim delft-blue linen frock with a white piqué collar and a loose blue tie.
Piqué is a heavy cotton material woven in corded or figured effects.
Doubly difficult if one were perched upon a sharp-angled cube, and one's piqué skirt was stiffly starched.
Those of grey jade are often piqué with gold, others, of ivory, being inlaid with jewels.
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