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ressentiment
, dépit
, dépiter
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Pique
- (v. t.) To wound the pride of; to sting; to nettle; to irritate; to fret; to offend; to excite to anger.
- (n.) The jigger. See Jigger.
- (v. i.) To cause annoyance or irritation.
- (n.) Keenly felt desire; a longing.
- (v. t.) To pride or value; -- used reflexively.
- (n.) In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one.
- (n.) A cotton fabric, figured in the loom, -- used as a dress goods for women and children, and for vestings, etc.
- (n.) A feeling of hurt, vexation, or resentment, awakened by a social slight or injury; irritation of the feelings, as through wounded pride; stinging vexation.
- (v. t.) To excite to action by causing resentment or jealousy; to stimulate; to prick; as, to pique ambition, or curiosity.
Synonyms:
Corded, Irritation, Offend, Temper, Twill, Twilled,
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• Piqueer
- (v. i.) See Pickeer.
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peafowl, ferity, appetizer, wilt, parry, purely, strings, don, abundant, trope, implant, trends, vet, pressure, proscribe, brazier, hussy, gourmet, abandonment, opposite, abattoir, dangle, discomfit, hang, abandon, abbey, desert, abbreviate, abate, name, degradation, viaduct, |
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Nightingale, You, Love, Wait, Rim, Rime, I, Awesome, Waste, Go, Hello, Which, Forsake, Abbe, Abbreviation, Ravage, Humiliate, Abash, Chagrin, Degradation, Name, Abate, Abbreviate, Desert, Abbey, Abandon, Hang, Discomfit, Dangle, Abattoir, Opposite, Abandonment, |
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