pique
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
tightly woven fabric with raised cords
Types & categories
- fabric hypernym
Sense 2 verb
cause to feel resentment or indignation
Her tactless remark offended me
Types & categories
- anger hypernym
Related & opposite
- resent causes
- umbrage derivation
- temper derivation
- dysphemistic derivation
- offensive derivation
Sense 3 noun
a sudden outburst of anger
his temper sparked like damp firewood
Types & categories
- vexation hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fabric |
| 2 | causes | Related & opposite | resent |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | umbrage |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | temper |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dysphemistic |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | offensive |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | anger |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | chasten |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | devil |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pique |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | vexation |