That idea we were discussing in class yesterday really piqued my interest.
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Piqued
//piːkt//
Synonyms for "piqued" (53 found)
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4 translations across 4 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- närkästynyt adj (mildly and temporarily annoyed)
Galician
1 entries- picado adj (mildly and temporarily annoyed)
German
1 entries- pikiert adj (mildly and temporarily annoyed)
Italian
1 entries- piccato adj (mildly and temporarily annoyed)
Sample sentences
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My uncle's blog posts about his travels in Thailand have piqued my interest in Asian culture.
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I couldn't tell what kind of person this girl I met on the internet was from her profile, but something about her still piqued my curiosity, as though I had met her in a previous life, or something occult-ish like that, anyways.
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You've piqued my interest.
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