pique
/pik/ noun C2- Enmity, ill feeling (uncountable); a feeling of animosity or a dispute (countable).
- Irritation or resentment awakened by a social injury or slight; offence, especially taken in an emotional sense with little consideration or thought (uncountable); or especially in fit of pique: a transient feeling of wounded pride (countable).
Plural piques
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