What is another word for Piqued?
725 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ pˈiːkd], [ pˈiːkd], [ p_ˈiː_k_d]
"Piqued" is a word that typically means to arouse or stimulate interest or curiosity in someone. There are many synonyms that can be used to describe this sensation, such as intrigued, fascinated, captivated, engrossed, absorbed, and hooked. When someone is piqued, they may be drawn into the subject at hand, eager to learn more or discover what's next. Other synonyms can include stimulated, energized, or invigorated. Depending on the context, the word "piqued" can be used to describe a feeling of excitement or even irritation, and other synonyms such as agitated, provoked, or annoyed may be more appropriate in those settings. Regardless of the specific word chosen, each one conveys a sense of heightened interest or attention that is both engaging and energizing.
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Similar words for Piqued:
- excited (adjective)
- resentful (adjective)
- angry (adjective)
- huffy (adjective)
- hurt (adjective)
- indignant (adjective)
- intoxicated (adjective)
- irate (adjective)
- miffed (adjective)
- moody (adjective)
- irritated (verb)
Synonyms for Piqued:
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adj.
• excited • resentful- Huffed ,
- Spleenful ,
- acerbic ,
- antagonistic ,
- bitter ,
- discontent ,
- embittered ,
- envious ,
- galled ,
- infuriated ,
- irritated ,
- malevolent ,
- miffed ,
- offended ,
- resentful ,
- sore ,
- spiteful ,
- splenetic ,
- stung ,
- vexed ,
- vindictive .
- more huffish ,
- more irked ,
- more moping ,
- more pettish ,
- most huffish ,
- most irked ,
- most moping ,
- most pettish .
- Mauled ,
- dis figured ,
- dis tressed ,
- dis-figured ,
- dis-tressed ,
- more agonized ,
- more battered ,
- more bleeding ,
- more bruised ,
- more buffeted ,
- more contused ,
- more crushed ,
- more cut ,
- more disfigured ,
- more grazed ,
- more hit ,
- more lacerated ,
- more marred ,
- more mauled ,
- more nicked ,
- more scarred ,
- more scraped ,
- more scratched ,
- more shot ,
- more suffering ,
- more tortured ,
- more warped ,
- most agonized ,
- most battered ,
- most bleeding ,
- most bruised ,
- most buffeted ,
- most contused ,
- most crushed ,
- most cut ,
- most disfigured ,
- most grazed ,
- most hit ,
- most lacerated ,
- most marred ,
- most mauled ,
- most nicked ,
- most scarred ,
- most scraped ,
- most scratched ,
- most shot ,
- most suffering ,
- most tortured ,
- most warped ,
- pained ,
- shooker ,
- shookest ,
- struck ,
- un happier ,
- un happiest ,
- un happy ,
- un-happy ,
- warped .
- bent out shape ,
- in huff ,
- more bugged ,
- more po'd ,
- more pod ,
- most bugged ,
- most po'd ,
- most pod ,
- po'd ,
- up arms ,
- up-set .
-
v.
• irritated Other synonyms:
- belligerent ,
- cross ,
- displeased ,
- fed up ,
- mad ,
- put out ,
- upset .
Other relevant words:
- ablaze ,
- abruptly ,
- acerb ,
- acetify ,
- ache ,
- acid ,
- acidify ,
- acidity ,
- acidulate ,
- acrid ,
- activated ,
- afflictive ,
- afire ,
- aflare ,
- aggressive ,
- aghast ,
- alert ,
- alight ,
- anaesthetise ,
- anaesthetize ,
- anesthetise ,
- anesthetize ,
- anguish ,
- antipathetic ,
- antipathetical ,
- antsy ,
- ashen ,
- astringent ,
- atomic number 49 ,
- atrabilious ,
- baffle ,
- battler ,
- bilious ,
- bilk ,
- biting ,
- bitingly ,
- bitterly ,
- bitterness ,
- black-and-blue ,
- blanched ,
- blistering ,
- bloodless ,
- bloody-minded ,
- bother ,
- bowl over ,
- brainsick ,
- bring out ,
- brisk ,
- bristly ,
- broken ,
- bruise ,
- brusk ,
- brusque ,
- busy ,
- caustic ,
- chuff ,
- churning ,
- combatant ,
- complaintive ,
- confused ,
- contrary ,
- corded ,
- counter ,
- cover ,
- covetous ,
- crank ,
- crazy ,
- crisp ,
- crisscross ,
- crossbreed ,
- crossbreeding ,
- crossing ,
- crown of thorns ,
- crusted ,
- crustlike ,
- curtly ,
- cut across ,
- cut through ,
- damage ,
- dapper ,
- dark ,
- dashing ,
- daunted ,
- dead ,
- decisive ,
- delicate ,
- delirious ,
- demented ,
- depraved ,
- derangement ,
- despiteful ,
- detriment ,
- discomfit ,
- discommode ,
- discompose ,
- disconcert ,
- disconnected ,
- discontentedness ,
- discontentment ,
- disgusted ,
- dismayed ,
- disoblige ,
- disorder ,
- disordered ,
- disquieted ,
- disruptive ,
- distress ,
- distressed ,
- disturb ,
- disturbance ,
- dour ,
- douse ,
- driven ,
- drunk ,
- dysphoric ,
- emotional ,
- encrusted ,
- erratic ,
- evil ,
- excitable ,
- extend ,
- false ,
- faultfinding ,
- fazed ,
- feisty ,
- ferment ,
- ferocious ,
- fidgety ,
- fierce ,
- fighter ,
- foil ,
- forgetful ,
- frantic ,
- frilled ,
- frilly ,
- frosty ,
- frustrate ,
- funny ,
- get across ,
- get over ,
- glowering ,
- glum ,
- gone ,
- green-eyed ,
- gruff ,
- grumble ,
- harassed ,
- hardened ,
- harebrained ,
- harm ,
- harried ,
- heated ,
- heated up ,
- het ,
- hold out ,
- horny ,
- hot ,
- hot-tempered ,
- hotheaded ,
- hybrid ,
- hybridisation ,
- hybridise ,
- hybridization ,
- hybridize ,
- hybridizing ,
- hypnotised ,
- hypnotized ,
- hysteric ,
- implicated ,
- inadequate ,
- inch ,
- incommode ,
- incompatible ,
- inconvenience ,
- ind. ,
- indiana ,
- indium ,
- inebriated ,
- infelicitous ,
- injure ,
- injury ,
- insane ,
- interbreed ,
- interbreeding ,
- interlaced ,
- intersect ,
- introverted ,
- inward ,
- inwards ,
- issue ,
- itchy ,
- jaunty ,
- jejune ,
- knock over ,
- laconic ,
- latticed ,
- latticelike ,
- lienal ,
- light ,
- little ,
- lively ,
- liverish ,
- maddened ,
- maimed ,
- maladjusted ,
- malefic ,
- malign ,
- mark ,
- merry ,
- mesmerised ,
- mesmerized ,
- miff ,
- militant ,
- morose ,
- murmur ,
- murmuration ,
- mussitation ,
- mutter ,
- muttering ,
- myopic ,
- natty ,
- nettlesome ,
- nipping ,
- nippy ,
- obstinate ,
- odd ,
- off ,
- off-key ,
- offend ,
- on fire ,
- ornery ,
- overcritical ,
- overjealous ,
- overthrow ,
- overturn ,
- overturned ,
- pain ,
- painful ,
- particular ,
- pass over ,
- peckish ,
- peculiar ,
- perturbation ,
- perverted ,
- pestered ,
- picky ,
- piercingly ,
- pissed ,
- pissed off ,
- poor ,
- precipitous ,
- prickly ,
- publish ,
- puff ,
- put under ,
- queer ,
- quick-tempered ,
- raffish ,
- rakish ,
- rancid ,
- randy ,
- raring ,
- rattling ,
- raw ,
- recalcitrant ,
- refractory ,
- release ,
- reprobate ,
- restless ,
- retire ,
- revengeful ,
- riotous ,
- ripped ,
- rippled ,
- roiling ,
- roily ,
- rum ,
- rumble ,
- rumbling ,
- rummy ,
- ruttish ,
- saturnine ,
- savage ,
- scant ,
- scathe ,
- scotch ,
- scrapper ,
- scratchy ,
- self-examining ,
- sensitive ,
- sharp ,
- shocked ,
- short-change ,
- short-circuit ,
- shortly ,
- shortsighted ,
- shortstop ,
- sick ,
- sick of ,
- singular ,
- smart ,
- smitten ,
- smother ,
- snort ,
- snorty ,
- sourness ,
- span ,
- spanking ,
- spell-bound ,
- spellbound ,
- spiffy ,
- spite ,
- splenic ,
- spoil ,
- spruce ,
- steamy ,
- stirred ,
- stirred up ,
- stretch forth ,
- stretch out ,
- stricken ,
- suddenly ,
- suffer ,
- suffering ,
- sulfurous ,
- sulky ,
- sullen ,
- sulphurous ,
- susurrant ,
- swage ,
- sweep ,
- tartness ,
- techy ,
- tempestuous ,
- tender ,
- terse ,
- tetchy ,
- thin-skinned ,
- thwart ,
- thwartwise ,
- ticklish ,
- tip over ,
- tippy ,
- tired of ,
- toughened ,
- track ,
- transfixed ,
- transversal ,
- transverse ,
- trauma ,
- traverse ,
- treated ,
- trouble ,
- tump over ,
- tumultuous ,
- turbulent ,
- turn ,
- turn over ,
- turned ,
- turnover ,
- ugly ,
- umbrageous ,
- unawares ,
- unbalanced ,
- uncongenial ,
- unforesightful ,
- unfriendly ,
- ungratified ,
- unhinged ,
- unrestrained ,
- unretentive ,
- unsated ,
- unsatiated ,
- untune ,
- upturned ,
- vengeful ,
- virulent ,
- vital ,
- vitriolic ,
- war-ridden ,
- warring ,
- wayward ,
- weakened ,
- whiney ,
- whiny ,
- whipping ,
- whispering ,
- white ,
- wild ,
- work ,
- worried ,
- wound ,
- wound up ,
- wrothful ,
- zippy .
- Attracted ,
- Discomforted ,
- Fault-finding ,
- Fuming ,
- Griped ,
- Humored ,
- Incited ,
- Prodded ,
- Roused ,
- Scandalized ,
- Spited ,
- Tantalized ,
- Tickled ,
- Transgressed ,
- Whetted ,
- abrupt ,
- acrimonious ,
- affronted ,
- aggravated ,
- agitated ,
- angered ,
- appalled ,
- aroused ,
- bad-tempered ,
- begrudging ,
- bitching ,
- breached ,
- browned off ,
- bruised ,
- bugged ,
- burnt-up ,
- cantankerous ,
- carping ,
- cathectic ,
- censorious ,
- chafed ,
- cheesed off ,
- choleric ,
- complaining ,
- concerned ,
- crabbed ,
- crabby ,
- cranky ,
- critical ,
- criticizing ,
- crotchety ,
- crusty ,
- curious ,
- curmudgeonly ,
- curt ,
- discomposed ,
- discontented ,
- disgruntled ,
- dissatisfied ,
- disturbed ,
- dyspeptic ,
- enraged ,
- enthusiastic ,
- exasperated ,
- fascinated ,
- finical ,
- finicky ,
- fractious ,
- fretful ,
- furious ,
- fussy ,
- goaded ,
- grouchy ,
- grousing ,
- grudged ,
- grumbling ,
- grumpy ,
- het up ,
- hostile ,
- huff ,
- huffish ,
- huffy ,
- humoured ,
- hypercritical ,
- ill-humoured ,
- ill-natured ,
- ill-tempered ,
- impatient ,
- in ,
- in a huff ,
- in a pet ,
- in a pique ,
- in a rage ,
- in a temper ,
- in high dudgeon ,
- incensed ,
- injured ,
- insulted ,
- interested ,
- intoxicated ,
- irascible ,
- irate ,
- ireful ,
- irritable ,
- jealous ,
- keen on ,
- livid ,
- moody ,
- murmuring ,
- nettled ,
- on the warpath ,
- outraged ,
- over-particular ,
- passionate ,
- peeved ,
- peevish ,
- perverse ,
- pettish ,
- petulant ,
- provoked ,
- quarrelsome ,
- querulous ,
- quickened ,
- riled ,
- roiled ,
- ruffled ,
- scandalised ,
- shirty ,
- short ,
- short-tempered ,
- snappish ,
- snappy ,
- sour ,
- steamed up ,
- stimulated ,
- surly ,
- teed off ,
- temperamental ,
- tempered ,
- testy ,
- titillated ,
- touchy ,
- turned on ,
- twilled ,
- unhappy ,
- unsatisfied ,
- up in arms ,
- waspish ,
- whining ,
- worked up ,
- wounded ,
- wrathful ,
- wroth .
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How to use "Piqued" in context?
There's something about the sound of a bristling pique that makes the blood in your veins boil. Whether the insult is delivered negligently or with malicious intent, the feeling is primal and undeniably satisfying. And that's why, when our pipes are truly punctured, we invariably reach for the nearest bottle of scotch.
But you don't have to be a disgruntled Scotsman to feel the pique in your veins. In fact, it's probably more common than you might think. Whether it's finding ourselves sifting through Twitter feed wreckage or simply reacting to everyday annoyances, there's a good chance that something has us bristling.
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