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umbrage
(Archaic) A semblance or shadowy appearance
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  1. (Archaic) A semblance or shadowy appearance
  2. Offense or resentment
  3. Foliage, considered as shade-giving
resentment
A feeling of displeasure and indignation, from a sense of being injured or offended
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  1. A feeling of displeasure and indignation, from a sense of being injured or offended
  2. Indignation or ill will stemming from a feeling of having been wronged or offended.
offense
Any violation of the law for which the judicial code demands there be a penalty, including misdemeanors and felonies. See also crime. Any violation of the law for which the judicial code demands there be a penalty, including misdemeanors and felonies. See also crime.
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  1. Any violation of the law for which the judicial code demands there be a penalty, including misdemeanors and felonies. See also crime. Any violation of the law for which the judicial code demands there be a penalty, including misdemeanors and felonies. See also crime.
  2. The condition of being offended, esp. of feeling hurt, resentful, or angry; umbrage
  3. The act of creating resentment, hurt feelings, displeasure, etc.
irritate
To cause (someone) to feel impatient or angry; annoy:
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  1. To cause (someone) to feel impatient or angry; annoy:
  2. (Physiology) To cause a physiological response to a stimulus in (a cell, body tissue, or organism).
  3. To be a cause of impatience or anger.
fret
To cause to be uneasy; vex:
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  1. To cause to be uneasy; vex:
  2. To irritate; vex; annoy; worry
  3. To ornament with a fret
nettle
To sting with or as if with a nettle.
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  1. To sting with or as if with a nettle.
  2. To irritate; annoy; vex
arouse
To become aroused
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  1. To become aroused
  2. To give rise to (a feeling, for example); stir up:
  3. To stimulate sexual desire in.
rouse
To cause (game) to rise from cover, come out of a lair, etc.; stir up to flight or attack
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  1. To cause (game) to rise from cover, come out of a lair, etc.; stir up to flight or attack
  2. To cause (someone) to be active, attentive, or excited; stir up.
  3. To cause to come out of a state of sleep, repose, unconsciousness, etc.; wake
stimulate
To cause to desire to have sex; arouse sexually.
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  1. To cause to desire to have sex; arouse sexually.
  2. To cause to be interested or engaged:
  3. To increase temporarily the activity of (a body organ or system, for example).
dudgeon
(Obsolete) A kind of wood used in making knife handles.
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  1. (Obsolete) A kind of wood used in making knife handles.
  2. A feeling of anger or resentment (usually only in set terms, below).
  3. Anger or resentment
huff
A surname​.
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  1. A surname​.
  2. A fit of anger or annoyance; a pique:
  3. A condition of smoldering anger or resentment
miff
A trivial quarrel or fit of the sulks; tiff or huff
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  1. A trivial quarrel or fit of the sulks; tiff or huff
  2. A small argument, quarrel.
  3. A petty quarrel or argument; a tiff.
offense
Any violation of the law for which the judicial code demands there be a penalty, including misdemeanors and felonies. See also crime. Any violation of the law for which the judicial code demands there be a penalty, including misdemeanors and felonies. See also crime.
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  1. Any violation of the law for which the judicial code demands there be a penalty, including misdemeanors and felonies. See also crime. Any violation of the law for which the judicial code demands there be a penalty, including misdemeanors and felonies. See also crime.
  2. The condition of being offended, esp. of feeling hurt, resentful, or angry; umbrage
  3. The act of creating resentment, hurt feelings, displeasure, etc.
resentment
A feeling of displeasure and indignation, from a sense of being injured or offended
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  1. A feeling of displeasure and indignation, from a sense of being injured or offended
  2. Indignation or ill will stemming from a feeling of having been wronged or offended.
umbrage
(Archaic) A semblance or shadowy appearance
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  1. (Archaic) A semblance or shadowy appearance
  2. Offense or resentment
  3. Foliage, considered as shade-giving
affront
(Archaic) To come before; meet; face
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  1. (Archaic) To come before; meet; face
  2. To meet defiantly; confront:
  3. To insult openly or purposely; offend; slight
huff
To become angry; take offense
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  1. To become angry; take offense
  2. (Obs.) To swell with pride or arrogance
  3. (Slang) To inhale the fumes of (a volatile chemical, for example) as a means of becoming intoxicated.
insult
To treat or speak to with scorn, insolence, or great disrespect; subject to treatment, a remark, etc. that hurts or is meant to hurt the feelings or pride
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  1. To treat or speak to with scorn, insolence, or great disrespect; subject to treatment, a remark, etc. that hurts or is meant to hurt the feelings or pride
  2. (Obs.) To attack; assail
  3. To affront or demean:
miff
(Usually used in the passive) to offend slightly
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  1. (Usually used in the passive) to offend slightly
  2. To offend or take offense; put or be put out of humor
  3. To cause to become offended or annoyed.
offend
To break a law, religious commandment, etc.; commit a sin or crime
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  1. To break a law, religious commandment, etc.; commit a sin or crime
  2. To cause displeasure, anger, resentment, or wounded feelings in:
  3. To hurt the feelings of; cause to feel resentful, angry, or displeased; insult
outrage
To produce anger or resentment in:
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  1. To produce anger or resentment in:
  2. To offend, insult, or wrong grievously
  3. To offend grossly against (standards of decency or morality); commit an outrage on.
egg on
(Idiomatic) To encourage or coax a person to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To encourage or coax a person to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless.
excite
(Physiol.) To produce or increase the response of (an organism, organ, tissue, etc.) to a proper stimulus
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  1. (Physiol.) To produce or increase the response of (an organism, organ, tissue, etc.) to a proper stimulus
  2. To elicit or arouse (a reaction or emotion, for example):
  3. To put into motion or activity; stir up
foment
To stir up (trouble); instigate; incite
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  1. To stir up (trouble); instigate; incite
  2. To treat (the skin, for example) by fomentation.
  3. To arouse or incite (trouble, for example).
galvanize
To apply an electric current to
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  1. To apply an electric current to
  2. To arouse to awareness or action; spur:
  3. To plate (metal) with zinc, originally by galvanic action
goad
To prod or urge with or as if with a long pointed stick.
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  1. To prod or urge with or as if with a long pointed stick.
  2. To drive with or as with a goad; prod into action; urge on
impel
To force, compel, or urge; incite; constrain
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  1. To force, compel, or urge; incite; constrain
  2. To urge to action through moral pressure; drive:
  3. To push, drive, or move forward; propel
incite
To urge to action; stir up; rouse
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  1. To urge to action; stir up; rouse
  2. To provoke and urge on:
inflame
To cause (the skin) to redden or grow hot, as from strong emotion or stimulants.
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  1. To cause (the skin) to redden or grow hot, as from strong emotion or stimulants.
  2. To arouse to passionate feeling or action:
  3. To become roused, excited, stimulated, etc.
inspire
To give inspiration
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  1. To give inspiration
  2. To arouse or produce (a thought or feeling)
  3. To cause (someone) to have a particular feeling; affect or touch:
instigate
To initiate or bring about, often by inciting:
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  1. To initiate or bring about, often by inciting:
  2. To cause by inciting; foment
  3. To urge on, spur on, or incite to some action, esp. to some evil
motivate
To provide with an incentive or a reason for doing something; impel:
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  1. To provide with an incentive or a reason for doing something; impel:
  2. To animate; to propel; to cause to take action
  3. To cause to be enthusiastic:
move
To stir the emotions:
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  1. To stir the emotions:
  2. To prompt to action; rouse:
  3. To change posture or position; stir:
prick
To pierce or puncture something or cause a pricking feeling.
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  1. To pierce or puncture something or cause a pricking feeling.
  2. To cause to feel sharp pain in
  3. To cause to stand erect or point upward:
prod
To urge or stir into action
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  1. To urge or stir into action
  2. To jab or poke, as with a pointed object.
  3. To jab or poke with or as with a pointed stick; goad
prompt
To remind (a person) of something he or she has forgotten; specif., to help (an actor, etc. who has forgotten a line) with a cue
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  1. To remind (a person) of something he or she has forgotten; specif., to help (an actor, etc. who has forgotten a line) with a cue
  2. To move to act; spur; incite:
  3. To move or inspire by suggestion
propel
To push, drive, or impel onward, forward, or ahead
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  1. To push, drive, or impel onward, forward, or ahead
  2. To cause to move forward or onward.
provoke
To stir to action or feeling:
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  1. To stir to action or feeling:
  2. To give rise to; bring about:
  3. To bring about deliberately; induce:
spur
A small ridge that projects sharply from the side of a larger hill or mountain.
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  1. A small ridge that projects sharply from the side of a larger hill or mountain.
  2. To ride quickly by spurring a horse.
  3. To urge (a horse) on by the use of spurs.
stimulate
To cause to be interested or engaged:
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  1. To cause to be interested or engaged:
  2. To excite or invigorate (a person, for example) with a stimulant.
  3. To increase temporarily the activity of something such as a body organ or system.
trigger
To fire or activate by pulling or pressing a trigger
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  1. To fire or activate by pulling or pressing a trigger
  2. To induce a powerful emotional reaction in, especially by evoking memories of past trauma.
  3. To initiate (an action); set off
work up
To raise; to excite; to stir up.
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  1. To raise; to excite; to stir up.
  2. To develop.
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  • Personal pique accentuated this feeling in regard to Italy.

  • Attacked by Maura and Moret alike, the prime minister (June 20) accused his former colleague of acting through personal pique; on a motion of confidence, however, he was defeated by 204 votes to 54, and resigned.

  • Zamoyski was undoubtedly most jealous of his dignity; his patriotism was seldom proof against private pique; and he was not always particular in his choice of means.

  • The islanders are a Spanish race, very closely akin to the Catalans; but the long period of Moorish rule has left its mark on their physical type and customs. In character they are industrious and hospitable, and pique themselves on their loyalty and orthodoxy.

  • This incident caused a considerable sensation, and was the prelude to a long crisis in Hungarian affairs, during which the emperor-king, while quick to repair the unfortunate impression produced by his momentary pique, held inflexibly to his resolve in the matter of the common army.

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