pique

Definizione monolingua

pique

pique (third-person singular simple present piques, present participle piquing, simple past and past participle piqued)

1. (transitive) To wound the pride of; to sting; to nettle; to irritate; to fret; to offend; to excite to anger.
2. (reflexive) To take pride in; to pride oneself on.
3. (transitive) To excite (someone) to action by causing resentment or jealousy; to stimulate (a feeling, emotion).

pique (plural piques)

1. A feeling of enmity between two entities; ill-feeling, animosity.
2. A feeling of irritation or resentment, awakened by a social slight or injury; offence, especially taken in an emotional sense with little thought or consideration.
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 7:

     This defiance was not a fit of pique, but a matter of principle.

Definizione dizionario pique

animosità

indispettire

picca

piccare

pungere

ripicca

risentimento

Altri significati:

(reflexive) To take pride in; to pride oneself on.

The chigger or jigger, Tunga penetrans.

(transitive) To excite (someone) to action by causing resentment or jealousy; to stimulate (a feeling, emotion).

(transitive) To wound the pride of; to sting; to nettle; to irritate; to fret; to offend; to excite to anger.

In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one.

A feeling of irritation or resentment, awakened by a social slight or injury; offence, especially taken in an emotional sense with little thought or consideration.

feeling of irritation or resentment

A feeling of enmity between two entities; ill-feeling, animosity.