Synonyms for Pique:

n.
- speak/talk out of turn
- step on someone's toes
- trade blows/insults
- set off
- like
• aggravation
- aggravation
- annoyance
- arousal
- bedevilment
- discomposure
- disturbance
- enragement
- exacerbation
- harassment
- inflammation
- ire
- perturbation
- petulance
- provocation
- scorn
- torment
- trouble
- virulence
• anger
- blow ups
- cat fits
- dis approbation
- dis approbations
- dis temper
- dis tempers
- dis-approbation
- dis-approbations
- dis-temper
- dis-tempers
- hissy fits
- ill humors
- ill tempers
- infuriations
- ranklings
- slow burns
• annoyance
- un happinesses
- un-happiness
- un-happinesses
• artifact
- pique
• displeasure
- dis approval
- dis approvals
- dis contentment
- dis contentments
- dis favor
- dis favors
- dis inclination
- dis inclinations
- dis liking
- dis likings
- dis pleasure
- dis pleasures
- dis relish
- dis relishes
- dis satisfaction
- dis satisfactions
- dis taste
- dis tastes
- dis-approval
- dis-approvals
- dis-contentment
- dis-contentments
- dis-favor
- dis-favors
- dis-inclination
- dis-inclinations
- dis-liking
- dis-likings
- dis-pleasure
- dis-pleasures
- dis-relish
- dis-relishes
- dis-satisfaction
- dis-satisfactions
- dis-taste
- dis-tastes
- dislikings
- in disposition
- in dispositions
- in-disposition
- in-dispositions
- incensements
• grudge
- bone pick
- in juries
- in jury
- in justices
- in-jury
- in-justice
- in-justices
• hatred
- allergy tos
- invidiousnesses
- malignances
- no use fors
- re venge
- re venges
- re-venge
- re-venges
• indignation
- boiling points
• irritation
- irritation
• offense
- flare up
- wounded feelings
• resentment
- acerbity
- antagonism
- bitterness
- discontent
- dissatisfaction
- envy
- huffiness
- soreness
- sullenness
• umbrage
- study at offense
v.
• affront
- dis praise
- dis praised
- dis praises
- dis praising
- dis-praise
- dis-praised
- dis-praises
- dis-praising
- dumping on
- dumps on
- gave a zinger
- gave zinger
- give cold shoulder
- give zinger
- gives a zinger
- gives zinger
- giving a zinger
- giving zinger
- hit where lives
- hits where lives
- hits where one lives
- hitting where lives
- hitting where one lives
- out rage
- out raged
- out rages
- out raging
- out-rage
- out-raged
- out-rages
- out-raging
• aggravate
- am at
- am back of
- am on back of
- am on the back of
- am the back of
- are at
- are back of
- are on back of
- are on the back of
- are the back of
- art at
- art back of
- art the back of
- be back of
- be on back of
- be the back of
- being at
- being back of
- being on back of
- being on the back of
- being the back of
- drave the wall
- drave up the wall
- drave up wall
- drave wall
- drive the wall
- drive up wall
- drive wall
- drives the wall
- drives up the wall
- drives up wall
- drives wall
- driving the wall
- driving up the wall
- driving up wall
- driving wall
- drove the wall
- drove up the wall
- drove up wall
- drove wall
- gat nerves
- gat on nerves
- gat on one nerves
- gat on one's nerves
- gat on ones nerves
- gat one nerves
- gat one's nerves
- gat ones nerves
- gat to
- gave a hard time
- gave hard time
- get nerves
- get on one nerves
- get on ones nerves
- get one nerves
- get one's nerves
- get ones nerves
- gets nerves
- gets on nerves
- gets on one nerves
- gets on one's nerves
- gets on ones nerves
- gets one nerves
- gets one's nerves
- gets ones nerves
- getting nerves
- getting on nerves
- getting on one nerves
- getting on one's nerves
- getting on ones nerves
- getting one nerves
- getting one's nerves
- getting ones nerves
- give hard time
- gives a hard time
- gives hard time
- giving a hard time
- giving hard time
- got nerves
- got on nerves
- got on one nerves
- got on one's nerves
- got on ones nerves
- got one nerves
- got one's nerves
- got ones nerves
- gotten nerves
- gotten on nerves
- gotten on one nerves
- gotten on one's nerves
- gotten on ones nerves
- gotten one nerves
- gotten one's nerves
- gotten ones nerves
- gotten to
- is at
- is back of
- is on back of
- is on the back of
- is the back of
- picks on
- was at
- was back of
- was on back of
- was on the back of
- was the back of
- wast at
- wast back of
- wast on back of
- wast on the back of
- wast the back of
- were at
- were back of
- were on back of
- were on the back of
- were the back of
- wert at
- wert back of
- wert on back of
- wert on the back of
- wert the back of
• anger
- boiled over
- boils over
- burns up
- burnt up
- ex acerbate
- ex acerbated
- ex acerbates
- ex acerbating
- ex cite
- ex cited
- ex cites
- ex citing
- ex-acerbate
- ex-acerbated
- ex-acerbates
- ex-acerbating
- ex-cite
- ex-cited
- ex-cites
- gat mad
- gets mad
- getting mad
- got mad
- gotten mad
- in cense
- in censed
- in censes
- in censing
- in flame
- in flamed
- in flaming
- in-cense
- in-censed
- in-censes
- in-censing
- in-flame
- in-flamed
- in-flames
- in-flaming
- lose one temper
- lose ones temper
- made sore
- makes sore
- making sore
- raised hell
- raises hell
- steams up
- umbraged
- umbraging
• disgust
- am repulsive
- are repulsive
- art repulsive
- being repulsive
- cloyed on
- cloying on
- cloys on
- dis enchant
- dis enchanted
- dis enchanting
- dis enchants
- dis gust
- dis gusted
- dis gusting
- dis gusts
- dis-enchant
- dis-enchanted
- dis-enchanting
- dis-enchants
- dis-gust
- dis-gusted
- dis-gusting
- dis-gusts
- filled with loathing
- filling with loathing
- fills with loathing
- grosses out
- grossing out
- is repulsive
- made one sick
- made sick
- makes one sick
- makes sick
- making one sick
- making sick
- offended morals of
- offending morals of
- offends morals of
- re pulsed
- re pulses
- re pulsing
- re volt
- re volts
- re-pulsed
- re-pulses
- re-pulsing
- re-volt
- re-volts
- relucted
- relucting
- relucts
- turn one stomach
- turn ones stomach
- turned one stomach
- turned one's stomach
- turned ones stomach
- turned stomach
- turning one stomach
- turning one's stomach
- turning ones stomach
- turning stomach
- turns one stomach
- turns one's stomach
- turns ones stomach
- turns stomach
- up sets
- up setting
- up-set
- up-sets
- up-setting
- was repulsive
- wast repulsive
- were repulsive
- wert repulsive
• displease
- cut quick
- cut the quick
- cut to quick
- cuts quick
- cuts the quick
- cuts to quick
- cuts to the quick
- cutting quick
- cutting the quick
- cutting to quick
- cutting to the quick
- dis appoint
- dis appointed
- dis appointing
- dis appoints
- dis content
- dis contented
- dis contenting
- dis contents
- dis oblige
- dis obliged
- dis obliges
- dis obliging
- dis please
- dis pleased
- dis pleases
- dis pleasing
- dis satisfied
- dis satisfies
- dis satisfy
- dis satisfying
- dis-appoint
- dis-appointed
- dis-appointing
- dis-appoints
- dis-content
- dis-contented
- dis-contenting
- dis-contents
- dis-oblige
- dis-obliged
- dis-obliges
- dis-obliging
- dis-please
- dis-pleased
- dis-pleases
- dis-pleasing
- dis-satisfied
- dis-satisfies
- dis-satisfy
- dis-satisfying
- zinged
• disturb
- de press
- de pressed
- de presses
- de pressing
- de-press
- de-pressed
- de-presses
- de-pressing
- dis compose
- dis composed
- dis composes
- dis composing
- dis hearten
- dis heartened
- dis heartening
- dis heartens
- dis tract
- dis tracts
- dis tress
- dis tressed
- dis tresses
- dis-compose
- dis-composed
- dis-composes
- dis-composing
- dis-hearten
- dis-heartened
- dis-heartening
- dis-heartens
- dis-tract
- dis-tracts
- dis-tress
- dis-tressed
- dis-tresses
- inter fere
- inter feres
- inter-fere
- inter-feres
- made uneasy
- makes uneasy
- making uneasy
- un hinge
- un hinged
- un hinges
- un hinging
- un nerve
- un nerved
- un nerves
- un nerving
- un settle
- un settled
- un settles
- un settling
- un-hinge
- un-hinged
- un-hinges
- un-hinging
- un-nerve
- un-nerves
- un-nerving
- un-settle
- un-settled
- un-settling
• egg on
- in cite
- in cites
- in-cite
- in-cited
- siccing
• entertain
- be guile
- be guiles
- be-guile
- be-guiles
- de light
- de lighted
- de lighting
- de lights
- de-light
- de-lighted
- de-lighting
- de-lights
- ecstasized
- ecstasizes
- ecstasizing
- in spire
- in spired
- in spires
- in spiring
- in spirit
- in spirited
- in spiriting
- in-spire
- in-spired
- in-spires
- in-spiring
- in-spirit
- in-spirited
- in-spiriting
- in-spirits
- knocked dead
- knocking dead
- knocks dead
- re create
- re gale
- re gales
- re lax
- re-gale
- re-gales
- re-lax
• exasperate
- ex asperate
- ex asperated
- ex asperates
- ex asperating
- ex-asperate
- ex-asperated
- ex-asperates
- ex-asperating
- get under one skin
- get under ones skin
- made waves
- making waves
- t off
- t offed
- t offing
- t offs
- t-offed
- t-offing
- t-offs
- toffed
- toffing
- tried patience of
- tried the patience of
- tries patience of
- tries the patience of
- try patience of
- trying patience of
- trying the patience of
• fascinate
- be witch
- be witched
- be witches
- be witching
- be-witch
- be-witched
- be-witches
- be-witching
- in vite
- over power
- over powered
- over powering
- over powers
- over whelm
- over whelmed
- over whelming
- over whelms
- over-power
- over-powered
- over-powering
- over-powers
- over-whelm
- over-whelmed
- over-whelming
- over-whelms
- rivetted
- rivetting
- sub due
- sub dues
- sub-due
- sub-dues
- trans fix
- trans fixed
- trans fixes
- trans fixing
- trans fixt
- trans ported
- trans-fix
- trans-fixed
- trans-fixes
- trans-fixing
- trans-fixt
• galvanize
- Commoved
- commoves
- in nervate
- in-nervate
- innervated
- innervates
- innervating
• get
- gat someone goat
- gat someone's goat
- gat someones goat
- get someone goat
- get someones goat
- gets someone goat
- gets someone's goat
- gets someones goat
- getting someone goat
- getting someone's goat
- getting someones goat
- got someone goat
- got someone's goat
- got someones goat
- gotten someone goat
- gotten someone's goat
- gotten someones goat
- rub wrong way
• impress
- am conspicuous
- are conspicuous
- art conspicuous
- being conspicuous
- blowing away
- blows away
- buffaloing
- grand stand
- grand standing
- grand stands
- grand-standing
- grand-stands
- is conspicuous
- made a hit
- made an impression
- made hit
- made impression
- made splash
- make hit
- make impression
- makes a hit
- makes an impression
- makes hit
- makes impression
- makes splash
- making a hit
- making an impression
- making hit
- making impression
- making splash
- over awe
- over awed
- over awes
- over awing
- over-awe
- over-awed
- over-awes
- over-awing
- pushed around
- pushes around
- was conspicuous
- wast conspicuous
- were conspicuous
- wert conspicuous
• injure
- DE Form
- de face
- de faced
- de faces
- de facing
- de formed
- de forming
- de forms
- de-face
- de-faced
- de-faces
- de-facing
- de-form
- de-formed
- de-forming
- de-forms
- dis figure
- dis figured
- dis figures
- dis figuring
- dis tort
- dis torts
- dis-figure
- dis-figured
- dis-figures
- dis-figuring
- dis-tort
- dis-torts
- drawing blood
- draws blood
- drew blood
- hacked up
- hacking up
- hacks up
- under mined
- under mining
- under-mined
- under-mining
• interest
- am interesting to
- appealing to
- appeals to
- are interesting to
- art interesting to
- being interesting to
- is interesting to
- sate up
- sits up
- sitting up
- was interesting to
- wast interesting to
- were interesting to
- wert interesting to
• intrigue
- mousetrapped
- mousetrapping
• irritate
- acerbate
- hassle
• miff
- re sent
- re sents
- re-sent
- re-sents
• motivate
- dis pose
- dis posed
- dis posing
- dis-pose
- dis-posed
- dis-posing
- gave incentive
- gives incentive
- giving incentive
- in cline
- in clines
- in duce
- in duces
- in nerve
- in nerved
- in nerves
- in nerving
- in-cline
- in-clines
- in-duce
- in-duces
- in-nerve
- in-nerved
- in-nerves
- in-nerving
- innerves
- pre determine
- pre determined
- pre determines
- pre determining
- pre dispose
- pre disposes
- pre disposing
- pre-determine
- pre-determined
- pre-determines
- pre-determining
- pre-dispose
- pre-disposed
- pre-disposes
- pre-disposing
- prevail up on
- prevails upon
- sets afoot
- sets astir
- setting afoot
- setting astir
- touched off
- touches off
• nettle
- snitted
- snitting
Other synonyms:

•

work

•

huff
impel

•

inspire

•

move

Other relevant words:

• aggravate

• amuse

entertain

• displease

• egg on

• influence

impress

• injure

• irritate

• miff

miffed

• motivate

• pride

be proud
hold head high
over-bear
overbear
overbears
overborne
puff up
puffing up
revel in

• Other relevant words (noun):

• Other relevant words (transitive noun):

What are the hypernyms for Pique?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Other hypernyms:
agitation, annoyance, bother, discomfort, displeasure, distress, frustration, irritation, perturbation, vexation.

What are the hyponyms for Pique?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

hyponyms for pique (as nouns)
- artifact
  fabric, cloth, textile, material.

What are the opposite words for pique?

The word 'pique' means to provoke or stimulate, but it also has a variety of antonyms that denote a lack of interest or enthusiasm. Some of these antonyms include apathy, disinterest, detachment, passivity, indifference, and lethargy. These antonyms imply a sense of indifference or inactivity, and they contrast sharply with the idea of pique or excitement. People who are apathetic or detached may not feel strongly about something, while those who are passive or lethargic may lack the energy or motivation to pursue their goals. By contrast, the notion of pique suggests an active desire to pursue something, and it can be a useful concept for understanding motivation and enthusiasm.

What are the antonyms for Pique?

n.
• anger, irritation
- calm
- cheer
- delight
- happiness
- joy
- like
- love
- pleasure
• noun
- approval
- complacency
- contentment
- gratification
- satisfaction
v.
• noun
- adore
- appease
- assuage
- conciliate
- deify
- disarm
- glorify
- mollify
- pacify
- placate
- please
- propitiate
- quench
- revere
- reverence
- satisfy
- venerate
• offend, provoke
- aid
- bore
- compliment
- compose
- depress
- discourage
- dissuade
- dull
- extinguish
- help
- lull
- make happy
- misunderstand
- quiet
- soothe
Other relevant words:

Usage examples for Pique

He felt almost a sense of pique that she had yielded so joyously and so suddenly, although confronted with the prospect of a long separation from him.

"The Eye of Dread"

Payne Erskine

He thought he was getting on very well with Deirdre and that she was playing him off against Conal and Davey in a spirit of pique.

"The Pioneers"

Katharine Susannah Prichard

I don't think I am vain, if I say to myself even that laugh was uttered to pique me.

"One Maid's Mischief"

George Manville Fenn

Famous quotes with Pique

Everybody has some particular point on which they pique themselvesÂ ; generally something which ill deserves the pride bestowed upon it.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Related words: piqued curiosity, piqued interest, curiosity piqued, curiosity peaked

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