All 5 Uses of
pique
in
Jane Eyre
- Leaving superiority out of the question, then, you must still agree to receive my orders now and then, without being piqued or hurt by the tone of command.†
Chpt 14
- I was thinking, sir, that very few masters would trouble themselves to inquire whether or not their paid subordinates were piqued and hurt by their orders.†
Chpt 14
- Well then, sir, have the goodness to gratify my curiosity, which is much piqued on one point.†
Chpt 24 *
- Her relatives encouraged me; competitors piqued me; she allured me: a marriage was achieved almost before I knew where I was.†
Chpt 27
- I exclaimed: and indeed there was something in the hasty and unexplanatory reply which, instead of allaying, piqued my curiosity more than ever.†
Chpt 33
Definition:
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(pique as in: in a pique about it) a feeling of resentment or indignation; or to excite such a feeling