All 3 Uses of
pique
in
The House of Mirth
- Exactly; and it is my business to prevent your doing so; in which case the other person, piqued by your absence, will form the desperate resolve of driving back in the omnibus.†
Chpt 1.5
- Expansive persons found him a little dry, and very young girls thought him sarcastic; but this air of friendly aloofness, as far removed as possible from any assertion of personal advantage, was the quality which piqued Lily's interest.†
Chpt 1.6
- Miss Van Osburgh's vague feeling of pique was struggling for appropriate expression.†
Chpt 1.7 *
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