[peek] 
verb, piqued, piqu⋅ing, noun | 1. | to affect with sharp irritation and resentment, esp. by some wound to pride: She was greatly piqued when they refused her invitation. |
| 2. | to wound (the pride, vanity, etc.). |
| 3. | to excite (interest, curiosity, etc.): Her curiosity was piqued by the gossip. |
| 4. | to arouse an emotion or provoke to action: to pique someone to answer a challenge. |
| 5. | Archaic. to pride (oneself) (usually fol. by on or upon). |
| 6. | to arouse pique in someone: an action that piqued when it was meant to soothe. |
| 7. | a feeling of irritation or resentment, as from a wound to pride or self-esteem: to be in a pique. |
| 8. | Obsolete. a state of irritated feeling between persons. |
