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piquingadjective serving or likely to arouse a strong reactionpiquing remarks that were said mainly to get a rise out of the other guests at the party charged, edgy, exciting, inciting, instigating, instigative, provocative, provoking, stimulating explosive, fiery, incendiary, inflammatory, triggeringinducing, inspirational, inspiring, motivating, motivational, motivativejeering, taunting, teasingactivating, energizing, galvanizing, quickening, vitalizingangering, enraging, maddening, upsettingaggravating, annoying, bothersome, exasperating, galling, irksome, irritating, pesky, vexatious, vexing noninflammatory subduing to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable actsher seat companion piqued her by repeatedly poking her in the ribs aggravating, annoying, bothering, bugging, burning (up), chafing, eating, exasperating, frosting, galling, getting, grating, griping, hacking (off), irking, irritating, itching, narking(British), nettling, peeving, persecuting, putting out, rasping, riling, ruffling, spiting, vexing hassling, hecklingnagginginflaming(also enflaming), provoking, rousingbadgering, baiting, bullyragging(also ballyragging), deviling(or devilling), hagriding, harassing, harrying, pestering, plaguing, teasingangering, antagonizing, enraging, incensing, infuriating, maddening, rankling, roilingagitating, discomforting, discomposing, disquieting, distressing, exercising, freaking (out), fretting, perturbing, undoing, unhinging, unsettling, upsetting, worryingaffronting, insulting, miffing, offending, outraging getting one's goat, getting on one's nerves, getting to, rubbing the wrong way, setting one's teeth on edge, sticking in one's craw, wearing on appeasing, conciliating, mollifying, obliging, pacifying, placating, propitiatingdelighting, gladdening, gratifying, pleasing, satisfyingassuring, cheering, comforting, consoling, contenting, quieting, reassuring, solacing, soothing to rouse to strong feeling or actiontheir sarcastic comments piqued him to respond in kind arousing, encouraging, exciting, firing (up), impassioning, inciting, instigating, moving, provoking, revving (up), sparking, stimulating, stirring fanning, igniting, inflaming(also enflaming), kindling, triggeringactivating, animating, driving, energizing, galvanizing, inducing, inspiring, keying (up), motivating, motiving, pumping up, quickening, setting off, vitalizingabetting, fermenting, fomenting, raising, whipping (up)angering, enraging, maddening, upsettingjeering, taunting, teasingaggravating, annoying, bothering, exasperating, galling, getting, irritating, vexing building a fire under calming, soothing, subduing, tranquilizing(also tranquillizing)appeasing, mollifying, pacifying, placating to think highly of (oneself)she piques herself on her considerable musical abilities flattering, pluming, priding boasting, bragging, crowing, gasconading, swaggering, swanking, swashing, vaporing, vauntingcongratulating, felicitating |