piqued
adjective
uk/piːkt/us/piːkt/slightlyangry,especiallybecause someone hasdamagedyourfeelingof beingproudof yourself:
Thescientistswere piqued becausescienceand hardworkmadetheircolleaguewealthy.
Shefeltpiqued at beingexcludedfrom themeeting.
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pique
- Jenny is piqued, sometimes, by theattentionPhilippaysto me.
- It'sentirelyunderstandableif youfeelpiqued.
- I hadlether come because I was piqued with mydaughters, but I wasstuckin thekitchenwith her.
Angry and displeased
- acrimonious
- acrimoniously
- aggrieved
- amused
- angrily
- fed up
- fed up to the back teethidiom
- fit to be tiedidiom
- furious
- furiously
- jaundiced
- livid
- peeved
- pissed off
- pissy
- pouty
- rancorous
- venomous
- wrathful
- wrathfully