pique
ജനിപ്പിക്കും
definition
verb
you have piqued my curiosity about the man
stimulate (interest or curiosity).
she was piqued by his curtness
feel irritated or resentful.
noun
stiff fabric, typically cotton, woven in a strongly ribbed or raised pattern.
example
Last night, in a fit of 'pique' , just to show me up for a liar, she took her first steps with the cane.
Are Europeans going on a buyer's strike in a fit of 'pique' over Iraq?
They have invested too much in this season to throw it away in a fit of 'pique' .
Even those with only a passing interest in the subject matter should find something to 'pique' their curiosity within.
President Theodore Roosevelt, who in a fit of 'pique' coined the term ‘muckraking’, called him a potent influence for evil.
The president, apparently in a fit of 'pique' , in October abruptly postpones a long-planned summit with Britain.
To leave now would suggest that he'd gone in a fit of 'pique' .
he left in a fit of 'pique'
That way, when you've done the deed, your spurned lover can't burn your stuff in a fit of 'pique' .
It is the tax relief measures, however, that would most 'pique' the interest of the public.
Event planners aim to give those varied interests plenty to 'pique' their partiality.
Speaking at a Belfast news conference, Mr Ervine denied that his party had left the talks in a fit of 'pique' .
She abused passengers and crew then stripped off in a fit of 'pique' .
They left two-weeks ago after selling their house in a fit of 'pique' over the fact that their grandchildren were not welcome in the complex's communal backyard.
Certainly in France it was an educated decision: it was not one taken in a fit of 'pique' or absent-mindedness.
Keel killed the pay-raise bill with a last-minute point of order in a fit of 'pique' .
What exasperated driver hasn't wanted to scream at the person in the passenger seat and snatch the map in a fit of 'pique' ?
So I think senior colleagues made the wrong decision - but I can't say they made the decision in a fit of 'pique' or envy.
Some have accused Stoiber of deliberately trying to sabotage Merkel in a fit of 'pique' at her rapid rise.
The other guys will notice how much those guys enjoy your company - it might 'pique' their interest.
Better, I suppose, that I flame on about flaming out, rather than just quit in a fit of 'pique' after biting my tongue bloody for a month.
That's worse than having him blurt out some threats in a fit of 'pique' , he actually thought he could bring New Europe to heel.
men, who are thought to 'pique' themselves upon their Wit
It was then that in a fit of 'pique' , the deputy smoked three cigarettes in the bar as a ‘protest’.
Of course it didn't happen and I went out in a fit of 'pique' in the next hand.
But our little dialogue is supposed to 'pique' people's interest.
I may, in a fit of 'pique' , for no apparent reason that either of us can see, have ‘stuffed’ these carrots behind the water pipes.
he left in a fit of 'pique'
Hopefully with the press we'll 'pique' some people's interest and they'll come see what it's all about.
It doesn't bother me now, but for years I have to say I was a bit 'piqued' at the lack of ceremony surrounding my arrival.
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