pique

కోపము
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.
translation of 'pique'
కోపము,
ఆగ్రహము
example
Hopefully with the press we'll 'pique' some people's interest and they'll come see what it's all about.
he left in a fit of 'pique'
The other guys will notice how much those guys enjoy your company - it might 'pique' their interest.
To leave now would suggest that he'd gone in a fit of 'pique' .
They have invested too much in this season to throw it away in a fit of 'pique' .
Of course it didn't happen and I went out in a fit of 'pique' in the next hand.
What exasperated driver hasn't wanted to scream at the person in the passenger seat and snatch the map in a fit of 'pique' ?
Keel killed the pay-raise bill with a last-minute point of order in a fit of 'pique' .
It was then that in a fit of 'pique' , the deputy smoked three cigarettes in the bar as a ‘protest’.
That way, when you've done the deed, your spurned lover can't burn your stuff in a fit of 'pique' .
President Theodore Roosevelt, who in a fit of 'pique' coined the term ‘muckraking’, called him a potent influence for evil.
Certainly in France it was an educated decision: it was not one taken in a fit of 'pique' or absent-mindedness.
Are Europeans going on a buyer's strike in a fit of 'pique' over Iraq?
Event planners aim to give those varied interests plenty to 'pique' their partiality.
Even those with only a passing interest in the subject matter should find something to 'pique' their curiosity within.
It is the tax relief measures, however, that would most 'pique' the interest of the public.
The president, apparently in a fit of 'pique' , in October abruptly postpones a long-planned summit with Britain.
Speaking at a Belfast news conference, Mr Ervine denied that his party had left the talks in a fit of 'pique' .
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.
Last night, in a fit of 'pique' , just to show me up for a liar, she took her first steps with the cane.
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.
Some have accused Stoiber of deliberately trying to sabotage Merkel in a fit of 'pique' at her rapid rise.
But our little dialogue is supposed to 'pique' people's interest.
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.
he left 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.
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.
She abused passengers and crew then stripped off in a fit of 'pique' .
men, who are thought to 'pique' themselves upon their Wit
If that sort of bluntness 'piques' your interest, then the debut LP from Milwaukee's finest is made for you.
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