"Pique" is a word in ENGLISH
To wound the pride of; to sting; to nettle; to irritate;
to fret; to offend; to excite to anger.
A feeling of hurt, vexation, or resentment, awakened by a
social slight or injury; irritation of the feelings, as through wounded
pride; stinging vexation.
To cause annoyance or irritation.
In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in
hand, or to play before the adversary counts one.
A cotton fabric, figured in the loom, -- used as a dress
goods for women and children, and for vestings, etc.
Keenly felt desire; a longing.
To excite to action by causing resentment or jealousy; to
stimulate; to prick; as, to pique ambition, or curiosity.
The jigger. See Jigger.
To pride or value; -- used reflexively.
Despite my firm convictions, I have always been a man who tries to face facts, and to accept the reality of life as new experience and new knowledge unfolds. I have always kept an open mind, a flexibility that must go hand in hand with every form of the intelligent search for truth.
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To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to …
Read the complete definitionAn artificial or affected manner; show of pride or vanity; haughtiness; as, it is said of a person, he puts …
Read the complete definitionPartaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy; characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy; as, an aristocratic measure; aristocratic pride or manners.
Read the complete definitionThe act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists …
Read the complete definitionIn an arrogant manner; with undue pride or self-importance.
Read the complete definitionA handsome Asiatic tree (Melia azedarach), common in the southern United States; -- called also, Pride of India, Pride of …
Read the complete definitionbagà a {1} thick in dimension. Ang ámung lamísa hinímù sa bagà nga tabla, Our table is made of thick …
Read the complete definitionbail a for fruit or root crops to be hardened due to exposure to heat or mishandling. Bail ang kamúti …
Read the complete definitionHaving greatness, fullness, importance, inflation, distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense; as, a big heart; a …
Read the complete definitionHence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague, calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes to fail; to visit …
Read the complete definitionDistended beyond the natural or usual size, as by the presence of water, serum, etc.; turgid; swollen; as, a bloated …
Read the complete definitionTo inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
Read the complete definitionThe cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, -- sometimes of laudable pride or exultation.
Read the complete definitionTo display in ostentatious language; to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.
Read the complete definitionTo hold up the head, and draw in the chin, as an expression of pride, scorn, or resentment; to assume …
Read the complete definitionbugál - Pride, haughtiness, vainglory, arrogance, loftiness, insolence, overbearing conduct. Walâ siá sing bugál. There is no pride in him. …
Read the complete definitionbukad v [AB3(1)6; c1] {1} = bukhad. {2} for an infection to grow in area. Mibukad ang núka, The infection …
Read the complete definitionbúrut v {1} [B2S3] inflate, swell, esp. into a rounded shape. Mibúrut ang láyag sa sakayan, The sail of the …
Read the complete definitionThe helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.
Read the complete definitionTo bring down or humble; to abase, as pride.
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