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piquing

/peek/US // pik //UK // (piːk) //

尖锐化,尖锐的,尖锐,挑逗

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    piqued, piqu·ing.

    • : to affect with sharp irritation and resentment, especially by some wound to pride: She was greatly piqued when they refused her invitation.
    • : to wound.
    • : to excite: 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.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    piqued, piqu·ing.

    • : to arouse pique in someone: an action that piqued when it was meant to soothe.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : 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.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verboffend, provoke
Forms: piqued
Synonyms
annoy恼人的,烦人,烦人的,烦人的事arouse唤起,激发,引起,激起displease不悦,不高兴,开罪,开罪人excite激动人心,使人兴奋,激动人心的,激动gall胆量,胆汁,勇气,胆galvanize镀锌,镀金ignite点燃,点火,燃起,引发incense熏香,香,香火,香气irk刺激,埃尔克,刺激性irritate刺激性,刺激,恼人的,烦人kindle点燃,点读,点阅,点读机offend得罪,冒犯,得罪人,得罪了rile扯淡,扯铃,扯蛋,扯谎stimulate刺激,激励,激发,刺激性whetabsorb吸收,吸纳,吸收了,吸收的affront侮辱,冒犯,辱骂,冒犯行为bother困扰,麻烦,烦恼,烦扰bug错误,窃听器,虫子,臭虫exasperate激怒了,激怒,使劲,使劲地get得到,获得,拿到,得goad鞭策,鞭笞,鞭打,鞭挞goose鹅,鹅肉,鹅群,鹅的grab抓住,抓紧时间,抓取,攫取miff米夫,密夫,宓妃mortify羞辱,抹黑,辱骂,抹杀motivate激励,促使,激励的,励志move行动,移动,举措,搬迁nettle荨麻,荨麻疹,荨麻疹的治疗,小荨麻peeve讨厌的人,忌讳,讨厌,讨厌鬼prick挑刺,挑剔的人,挑衅,挑逗quicken快捷,快捷键,快手,快车rouse鼓动,鼓动人心,唤醒,鼓动起来spur刺激,刺激性,刺激性的sting蜇伤,刺痛,蜇人,蜇伏stir搅动,搅拌,挑动,搅动了vex呧呧的wound伤口,外伤,创伤,伤egg on鸡蛋里挑骨头,赌赌看,蛋蛋fire up兴起,燃烧,开火,兴建get a rise out of起哄,哄骗,哄抬,捧场get under skin潜入,潜入皮下,潜入地下,下来give a hard time为难,难为情,难为你了,受罪give the business给企业,让企业,给予企业,给予业务make waves兴风作浪,造浪,乘风破浪,掀起浪潮put out熄灭,做出了,放出,熄灭的work up编制,做好工作,做好,工作
Antonyms

Examples

  • The young lady, piquing herself on her constancy, refused her new admirer.

  • It is the only part on which I have bestowed much pains, for the difficulty was piquing, not piquant.

  • He had evidently recovered his nerve, and seemed to take pleasure in piquing Charlie's bearish suspicions.

  • The story must have a beginning, concrete, interest-compelling, curiosity-piquing.

  • This was a triumph; and had it come naturally, such a triumph would have been the sweeter to her for this piquing delay.