Pique synonyms and antonyms
pēk
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Resentment is a feeling of anger due to a real or imagined injury or offense.
The definition of aggravate means to make worse or to annoy.
To cause (someone) to feel impatient or angry; annoy:
To sting with or as if with a nettle.
To irritate, bother, or make somewhat angry, as by a repeated action, noise, etc.
Something that causes resentment, anger, etc.
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Fret is defined as to feel worry or annoyance about something.
The definition of arouse is to awake.
To cause (someone) to be active, attentive, or excited; stir up.
To rouse to action or increased activity; excite:
anger (related)
Temple
annoyance (related)
A thing or person that annoys
bother (related)
(Intransitive) To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.
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excite (related)
To arouse strong feeling in:
provoke (related)
To incite to anger or resentment:
To cause displeasure or annoyance.
To excite
(Archaic) To intensify (a feeling, disease, etc.); aggravate
To resent for having; begrudge:
Incense is defined as to make someone very mad.
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To excite
To offend or take offense; put or be put out of humor
To hurt the feelings of; cause to feel resentful, angry, or displeased; insult
Pout is defined as to protude the lips or outwardly express disapproval by sulking.
To indulge (oneself) in a feeling of pleasure or satisfaction:
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Rile is defined as to anger or annoy.
To excite
To stir up or stimulate suddenly and sharply
strunt
To excite
To excite
happiness (antonym)
Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace; "” used especially of language.
joy (antonym)
Intense and especially ecstatic or exultant happiness, or an instance of such feeling.
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cheer (antonym)
The definition of cheer is joy and gladness, or anything that is comforting.
please (antonym)
To be agreeable; give pleasure; satisfy
delight (antonym)
To give great pleasure or joy:
(Obsolete) A kind of wood used in making knife handles.
Extreme displeasure caused by an insult or slight
(Obsolete) To make an attack on.
To offend, insult, or wrong grievously
To treat by fomentation:
To stimulate as if by electric shock; rouse; stir; spur
To prod or urge with or as if with a long pointed stick.
To urge to action through moral pressure; drive:
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To provoke and urge on:
To be affected by inflammation.
To cause someone to have (a feeling or reaction); elicit or arouse:
To initiate or bring about, often by inciting:
To provide with an incentive or a reason for doing something; impel:
To cause or persuade (to act, do, say, speak, etc.); prompt
To pierce or puncture something or cause a pricking feeling.
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The definition of a prompt is a cue given to someone to help him remember what to say, or is something that causes another event or action to occur.
Propel is defined as to cause to move forward or onward.
To induce a powerful emotional reaction in, especially by evoking memories of past trauma.
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give offense to
like (related)
(Usually plural) Something that a person likes (prefers).
attack (related)
To act on in a detrimental way; cause harm to:
cause (related)
To be the cause of; bring about; make happen; effect, induce, produce, compel, etc.
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Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure.
boyish (related)
funny-bone (related)
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