pique
verb/piːk/
/piːk/
(formal)Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they pique | /piːk/ /piːk/ |
| he / she / it piques | /piːks/ /piːks/ |
| past simple piqued | /piːkt/ /piːkt/ |
| past participle piqued | /piːkt/ /piːkt/ |
| -ing form piquing | /ˈpiːkɪŋ/ /ˈpiːkɪŋ/ |
- pique somebody/something to make somebody annoyed or upset synonym wound1
- The incident piqued his pride.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPique is used with these nouns as the object:- curiosity
- interest
Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting animosity between two or more people): from French piquer ‘prick, irritate’.
Idioms
See pique in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarypique somebody’s interest, curiosity, etc.
- to make somebody very interested in something
Homophones peak | peek | piquepeak peek pique
/piːk/
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- peak noun
- Mount McKinley is the highest peak in North America.
- peak verb
- Inflation is expected to peak in December.
- peek verb
- I have to peek out from behind a cushion when watching horror films.
- peek noun
- She sneaked a peek at her watch.
- pique noun
- He smashed his racket in a fit of pique.
- pique verb
- He knew the cutting remark would pique his friend's vanity.
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