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Synonyms for piqued
verb offend, provoke- annoy
- arouse
- displease
- excite
- gall
- galvanize
- ignite
- incense
- irk
- irritate
- kindle
- offend
- rile
- stimulate
- whet
- absorb
- affront
- bother
- bug
- exasperate
- get
- goad
- goose
- grab
- miff
- mortify
- motivate
- move
- nettle
- peeve
- prick
- quicken
- rouse
- spur
- sting
- stir
- vex
- wound
- egg on
- fire up
- get a rise out of
- get under skin
- give a hard time
- give the business
- make waves
- put out
- work up
Antonyms for piqued
- aid
- bore
- calm
- compose
- delight
- depress
- discourage
- extinguish
- lull
- make happy
- please
- quiet
- soothe
- appease
- compliment
- dissuade
- dull
- help
- misunderstand
- mollify
- placate
- satisfy
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
angry
adjective. being mad, often extremely mad
- affronted
- annoyed
- antagonized
- bitter
- chafed
- choleric
- convulsed
- cross
- displeased
- enraged
- exacerbated
- exasperated
- ferocious
- fierce
- fiery
- fuming
- furious
- galled
- hateful
- heated
- hot
- huffy
- ill-tempered
- impassioned
- incensed
- indignant
- inflamed
- infuriated
- irascible
- irate
- ireful
- irritable
- irritated
- maddened
- nettled
- offended
- outraged
- piqued
- provoked
- raging
- resentful
- riled
- sore
- splenetic
- storming
- sulky
- sullen
- tumultous/tumultuous
- turbulent
- uptight
- vexed
- wrathful
excited
adjective. inspired; upset
- aflame
- agitated
- animated
- annoyed
- aroused
- awakened
- beside oneself
- charged
- delighted
- discomposed
- disconcerted
- disturbed
- eager
- enthusiastic
- feverish
- fired up
- frantic
- high
- hot
- hot and bothered
- hyperactive
- hysterical
- in a tizzy
- inflamed
- juiced up
- jumpy
- keyed up
- moved
- nervous
- on edge
- on fire
- overwrought
- passionate
- piqued
- provoked
- roused
- ruffled
- steamed up
- stimulated
- stirred
- thrilled
- tumultous/tumultuous
- wild
- wired
- worked up
- zipped up
huffy
adjective. angry, in a bad mood
hurt
adjective. physically or mentally injured
- aching
- aggrieved
- agonized
- all torn up
- battered
- bleeding
- bruised
- buffeted
- burned
- busted up
- contused
- crushed
- cut
- damaged
- disfigured
- distressed
- disturbed
- grazed
- harmed
- hit
- impaired
- in pain
- indignant
- lacerated
- marred
- mauled
- miffed
- mutilated
- nicked
- offended
- pained
- piqued
- put away
- resentful
- rueful
- sad
- scarred
- scraped
- scratched
- shook
- shot
- sore
- stricken
- struck
- suffering
- tender
- tortured
- umbrageous
- unhappy
- warped
- wounded
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.