pique
peek
- n tightly woven fabric with raised cords
- n a sudden outburst of anger
- v cause to feel resentment or indignation
- But that was before Brunei withdrew from the planned federation in a state of pique, leaving Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak and North Borneo to go it alone.
- He has succeeded by mastering a tactic that is crucial in a body in which any one member can bring the place to a halt as a ploy or out of pique: subterfuge.
- Clement responded with appropriate pontifical pique.