Synonyms of piquing

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piquing 1 of 2

adjective

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as in charged

serving or likely to arouse a strong reaction

piquing remarks that were said mainly to get a rise out of the other guests at the party

Synonyms & Similar Words

• charged
• provocative
• provoking
• motivating
• inciting
• stimulating
• exciting
• instigating
• motivational
• inducing
• triggering
• motivative
• inspiring
• activating
• edgy
• teasing
• taunting
• instigative
• galvanizing
• explosive
• angering
• incendiary
• upsetting
• inflammatory
• energizing
• quickening
• inspirational
• jeering
• enraging
• vexing
• aggravating
• maddening
• annoying
• vitalizing
• irritating
• irksome
• exasperating
• pesky
• fiery
• bothersome
• vexatious
• galling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• noninflammatory
• subduing

• noninflammatory
• subduing

piquing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of pique

1

as in bothering

to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts

her seat companion piqued her by repeatedly poking her in the ribs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bothering
• bugging
• annoying
• irritating
• persecuting
• getting
• riling
• irking
• aggravating
• angering
• provoking
• teasing
• eating
• exasperating
• itching
• nettling
• vexing
• infuriating
• plaguing
• grating
• worrying
• ruffling
• griping
• peeving
• galling
• chafing
• getting to
• wearing on
• insulting
• narking
• spiting
• putting out
• rasping
• nagging
• enraging
• harassing
• frosting
• upsetting
• inflaming
• rousing
• outraging
• getting on one's nerves
• offending
• rubbing the wrong way
• badgering
• sticking in one's craw
• antagonizing
• getting one's goat
• pestering
• burning (up)
• unsettling
• hassling
• heckling
• hacking (off)
• baiting
• setting one's teeth on edge
• agitating
• enflaming
• rankling
• roiling
• harrying
• perturbing
• disquieting
• incensing
• maddening
• affronting
• distressing
• discomforting
• unhinging
• exercising
• devilling
• undoing
• deviling
• bullyragging
• fretting
• hagriding
• discomposing
• ballyragging
• miffing
• freaking (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• appeasing
• placating
• gratifying
• delighting
• obliging
• pleasing
• pacifying
• satisfying
• conciliating
• assuring
• mollifying
• reassuring
• quieting
• propitiating
• comforting
• soothing
• contenting
• cheering
• consoling
• gladdening
• solacing

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• appeasing
• placating
• gratifying
• delighting
• obliging
• pleasing
• pacifying
• satisfying
• conciliating
• assuring
• mollifying
• reassuring
• quieting
• propitiating
• comforting
• soothing
• contenting
• cheering
• consoling
• gladdening
• solacing

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2

as in encouraging

to rouse to strong feeling or action

their sarcastic comments piqued him to respond in kind

Synonyms & Similar Words

• encouraging
• provoking
• stimulating
• arousing
• sparking
• inciting
• inspiring
• stirring
• motivating
• inducing
• exciting
• moving
• instigating
• triggering
• igniting
• driving
• impassioning
• inflaming
• angering
• activating
• motiving
• galvanizing
• fanning
• bothering
• kindling
• fomenting
• enflaming
• enraging
• energizing
• teasing
• revving (up)
• quickening
• raising
• animating
• firing (up)
• taunting
• building a fire under
• upsetting
• vitalizing
• abetting
• getting
• fermenting
• maddening
• irritating
• setting off
• vexing
• aggravating
• annoying
• exasperating
• jeering
• pumping up
• galling
• keying (up)
• whipping (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• subduing
• soothing
• calming
• appeasing
• placating
• tranquilizing
• mollifying
• pacifying
• tranquillizing

• subduing
• soothing
• calming
• appeasing
• placating
• tranquilizing
• mollifying
• pacifying
• tranquillizing

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3

as in priding

to think highly of (oneself)

she piques herself on her considerable musical abilities

Synonyms & Similar Words

• priding
• congratulating
• bragging
• flattering
• vaunting
• pluming
• boasting
• vaporing
• gasconading
• swaggering
• swanking
• felicitating
• crowing
• swashing