All 4 Uses of
pique
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- Gabriel, perhaps a little piqued by the comely traveller's indifference, glanced back to where he had witnessed her performance over the hedge, and said, "Vanity."†
Chpt 1-3
- The information was put in this form that Liddy might not for a moment suppose her mistress was at all piqued.†
Chpt 10-12
- This was a triumph; and had it come naturally, such a triumph would have been the sweeter to her for this piquing delay.†
Chpt 16-18
- "Pooh! that's nothing—that's nothing!" she exclaimed, in incipient accents of pique.†
Chpt 40-42 *
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