Crossword clues for piqued
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pique \Pique\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Piqued; p. pr. & vb. n. Piquing.] [F. piquer. See Pike.]
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To wound the pride of; to sting; to nettle; to irritate; to fret; to offend; to excite to anger.
Pique her, and soothe in turn.
--Byron. To excite to action by causing resentment or jealousy; to stimulate; to prick; as, to pique ambition, or curiosity.
--Prior.-
To pride or value; -- used reflexively.
Men . . . pique themselves upon their skill.
--Locke.Syn: To offend; displease; irritate; provoke; fret; nettle; sting; goad; stimulate.
Wiktionary
annoyed, usually mildly and temporarily, especially by an offense to one's pride or honor. v
(en-past of: pique)
Usage examples of "piqued".
This letter piqued my curiosity, and I even imagined that she had written it in concert with the abbe.
Lord Pembroke laughed at her impertinences, while she made a vigorous assault on him, for his coolness and indifference piqued her.
I think I should have found her a good bargain, but as I wanted to get away from Pavia, and piqued myself on having been good-natured without ulterior motive, I bade her farewell after supper, with many thanks for her kindness in coming.
This remark piqued me, and I answered that she was imprudent to disclose her designs in such a manner, and that she would find my resolves strong enough when the time came.
Miss Margland looked pleased, and Indiana was so much piqued, that he found it necessary to direct all his attention to appeasing her, as he led her to join the dance.
Orkborne, piqued by this transfer, sullenly followed, and now gave to her, pertinaciously, his undivided attention.
Indiana passed from a piqued and short disappointment, to the consolatory idea that Melmond might now re-appear.
Indiana with regard to Edgar, he found her, though piqued and pouting, untouched either in affection or happiness.
He will be piqued that I should go, and that pique will keep me in his head till to-morrow.
Arlbery felt piqued by this behaviour, though she laughed at herself for heeding it.
Margland, extremely piqued, vented her spleen in oblique sarcasms, and sought to heal her offended pride by appeals for justice to her sagacity and foresight in the whole business.
Girt piqued himself far less upon such sentimental qualifications, than upon his skill in cosmetics, and had less respect for unadulterated morals, than unadulterated powder.
Indiana, simply piqued as well as chagrined, said she was glad he was gone.
But the observation of Sir Hugh, upon the oddity of her marrying the last, she was piqued with a most earnest ambition to reverse.
Berlinton, who indulged, in full extent, every feeling, but investigated none, had been piqued and hurt to extreme unhappiness at the late conduct of Bellamy.