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pique

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Their hope is that the resulting products will not only pique consumers’ interest, but keep them healthy and keep them coming back.

Their pique could only have been exacerbated by the fact that the law required public disclosure.

He had wanted the romance of being what he once was, something I was denying him in my pique.

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How much might such spirited competitions pique the interest of stateside TV audiences?

He is a mild-mannered and generous guy, not the kind of person prone to fits of pique or rage.

This loud display of pique lasted about a week before Fallin quietly reversed herself.

But like the committee hearing, it was just a nasty show of pique.

Except for a bit of petulance directed toward Stephanopoulos and a bit of pique directed at Huntsman, Romney maintained his cool.

The Daily News, in referring to this, suggests that "peacock temper" was a misprint for "pique, or temper."

I fear my manner showed my pique a trifle, for I did not see her anywhere about when I left after breakfast.

Ellen Morris accepted an invitation to Petersburg, ere the angry pique, aroused by Lynn's reproaches, passed off.

Many of us, male and female, treated as Susan imagined herself treated, have taken another lover out of pique.

Kilmeny had been brought too near the grim realities to hold any petty pique.

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On this page you'll find 184 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pique, such as: annoyance, displeasure, exasperation, irritation, blowup, and conniption.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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