piquing in English
verb
1
stimulate (interest or curiosity).
you have piqued my curiosity about the man
2
feel irritated or resentful.
she was piqued by his curtness
3
pride oneself.
He piqued himself on being so with them more than with any one else.
verb
Use "piquing" in a sentence
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1. Synonyms for Affronting include insulting, offending, outraging, slighting, provoking, piquing, vexing, wounding, displeasing and hurting
2. But three recent cases are piquing our interest, and analysts say they may signal new and more venal form of corruption.
3. A process of revealing and concealing, of opening and closing off possibilities, of piquing interest and toying with expectations, writing a novel is, after all, not unlike Coquetting. It could be argued that for Charlotte Brontë not only was literature a woman’s (and a man’s) business but so was Coquetting.