Pique

Noun

 * 1) A feeling of enmity between two entities; ill-feeling, animosity.
 * 2) A feeling of irritation or resentment, awakened by a social slight or injury; offence, especially taken in an emotional sense with little thought or consideration.
 * 3) *1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 7:
 * This defiance was not a fit of pique, but a matter of principle.

Verb

 * 1)  To wound the pride of; to sting; to nettle; to irritate; to fret; to offend; to excite to anger.
 * 2)  To take pride in:; to pride oneself on:.
 * 3)  To excite (someone) to action by causing resentment or jealousy; to stimulate (a feeling, emotion).

Noun

 * 1) In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one.

Noun

 * 1) The chigger or jigger, Tunga penetrans.

Adjectives for Pique
momentary; private; definite; petty; pouting.

Verbs for Pique
—abashes; —aggravates; —crushes; —disgraces; —enrages; —humbles; —humiliates; —irks; —irritates; —mortifies; —provokes; —rankles; —riles (colloq.) ; —ruffles; —stirs; strikes; —treads; —vexes; —wounds.

Thesaurus
affect the interest, aggravate, agitate, angry look, animate, annoy, annoyance, arouse, attract, awaken, badger, bait, be at, bedevil, beset, blow the coals, bother, bristle, brown off, bug, bullyrag, burn up, chafe, chivy, concern, devil, dirty look, discompose, distemper, disturb, dog, dudgeon, embitter, enliven, exasperate, exasperation, excite, excite interest, exercise, exhilarate, fan, fan the flame, fascinate, fash, feed the fire, ferment, fillip, fire, foment, fret, frown, fume, galvanize, get, glare, glower, gripe, harass, harry, heat, heat up, heckle, hector, high dudgeon, hound, huff, ignite, impassion, incense, incite, inflame, infuse life into, instigate, interest, invigorate, invite, involve in, irk, irking, irritate, irritation, jazz up, miff, molest, motivate, move, nag, needle, nettle, nudzh, offense, peeve, persecute, pester, pet, pick on, pick up, plague, pluck the beard, plume, pother, preen, prick, provocation, provoke, punch, put out, put up to, quicken, raise, raise up, rally, rankle, renew, resentment, resuscitate, revive, ride, rile, roil, rouse, ruffle, scowl, set astir, set on, set up, sharpen, sic on, snuff, stew, stimulate, stir, stir the blood, stir the embers, stir up, tantalize, tease, tickle, tiff, titillate, torment, try the patience, turn on, tweak the nose, umbrage, vex, vexation, wake up, waken, whet, whip up, work up, worry

Pronunciation

 * Homophones: peak, peek, peke
 * Homophones: peak, peek, peke

Etymology 1
pique:, from pic:. pike:.

Etymology 2
From pic:.

Etymology 3
From pique:, from Central  piki:.

Noun

 * Finnish:
 * Russian: ,


 * Serbo-Croatian: uvreda

Verb

 * German:

Anagrams

 * equip

Noun

 * 1) lance
 * 2)  spade (as a card suit)
 * 3) * quatre de pique = four of spades

Verb
pique