pique – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to pique
Participle: piqued
Gerund: piquing

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

I	pique
you	pique
he;she;it	piques
we	pique
you	pique
they	pique

Perfect

I	have piqued
you	have piqued
he;she;it	has piqued
we	have piqued
you	have piqued
they	have piqued

Past

I	piqued
you	piqued
he;she;it	piqued
we	piqued
you	piqued
they	piqued

Pluperfect

I	had piqued
you	had piqued
he;she;it	had piqued
we	had piqued
you	had piqued
they	had piqued

Future

I	will pique
you	will pique
he;she;it	will pique
we	will pique
you	will pique
they	will pique

Future Perfect

I	will have piqued
you	will have piqued
he;she;it	will have piqued
we	will have piqued
you	will have piqued
they	will have piqued

Subjunctive

Present

I	pique
you	pique
he;she;it	pique
we	pique
you	pique
they	pique

Perfect

I	have piqued
you	have piqued
he;she;it	have piqued
we	have piqued
you	have piqued
they	have piqued

Imperfect

I	piqued
you	piqued
he;she;it	piqued
we	piqued
you	piqued
they	piqued

Pluperfect

I	had piqued
you	had piqued
he;she;it	had piqued
we	had piqued
you	had piqued
they	had piqued

Conditional

Present

I	would pique
you	would pique
he;she;it	would pique
we	would pique
you	would pique
they	would pique

Perfect

I	would have piqued
you	would have piqued
he;she;it	would have piqued
we	would have piqued
you	would have piqued
they	would have piqued

Imperative

you	pique
we	Let's pique
you	pique

Indicative

Present

I	am piquing
you	are piquing
he;she;it	is piquing
we	are piquing
you	are piquing
they	are piquing

Perfect

I	have been piquing
you	have been piquing
he;she;it	has been piquing
we	have been piquing
you	have been piquing
they	have been piquing

Past

I	was piquing
you	were piquing
he;she;it	was piquing
we	were piquing
you	were piquing
they	were piquing

Pluperfect

I	had been piquing
you	had been piquing
he;she;it	had been piquing
we	had been piquing
you	had been piquing
they	had been piquing

Future

I	will be piquing
you	will be piquing
he;she;it	will be piquing
we	will be piquing
you	will be piquing
they	will be piquing

Future Perfect

I	will have been piquing
you	will have been piquing
he;she;it	will have been piquing
we	will have been piquing
you	will have been piquing
they	will have been piquing

Conditional

Present

I	would be piquing
you	would be piquing
he;she;it	would be piquing
we	would be piquing
you	would be piquing
they	would be piquing

Perfect

I	would have been piquing
you	would have been piquing
he;she;it	would have been piquing
we	would have been piquing
you	would have been piquing
they	would have been piquing

Verbs conjugated like 'pique'

abacinate, abalienate, abase, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, abduce, aberrate, aberuncate, abirritate, abjudge, abjudicate, abjugate, abjure, ablactate, ablaqueate, able, ablegate, abligate, abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'pique'

clique, liue, opaque, picquet, pidge, pie, piece, pike, pile, pine,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure: animate, awaken, call up, electrify, encourage, enflame, enkindle, enliven, enthrill, exagitate, excite, exhilarate, exsuscitate, fillip, fire, fire the blood, foment, galvanise, gin up, inflame, inspirit, intoxicate, invigorate, kindle, liven, liven up, provoke, quicken, rouse, sharpen, stimulate, stir, stir the blood, stir up, stoke, suscitate, thrill, vitalize, wake, warm the blood, whet, work up
irritate: affront, bother, chafe, displease, nettle, offend, sting, vex
excite: arouse, goad, incite, interest, prick, spur, stimulate, stir

Antonyms

irritate: appease, conciliate, delight, mollify
excite: calm, compose, appease, assuage

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. 1532, "fit of ill feeling," from M.Fr. pique "a prick, sting, irritation," from O.Fr. (see pike (2)). The verb, in the sense of "to excite to anger" is attested from 1671.
2. The verb is borrowed from French piquer (“to prick, sting; to anger, annoy; (reflexive) to get angry; to provoke, stimulate; (reflexive) to boast about”), from Middle French piquer, picquer (“to prick, sting; to anger, annoy; (reflexive) to get angry”), from Old French piquer (“to pierce with the tip of a sword”), from proto-Romance or Vulgar Latin *pīccare (“to sting; to strike”) or *pikkāre, and then either:
3. * Onomatopoeic; or
4. * from Frankish *pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *pikkōną (“to knock; to peck; to pick; to prick”). If so, pique is a doublet of pick, pitch, and peck.
5. The noun is borrowed from Middle French pique (“a quarrel; resentment”) (modern French pique), from piquer, picquer (verb); see above. See: French 'piquer', Proto-Germanic '*pikkōną'.

Verbs referencing "pique"

Spanish picar.

Sample Sentences

The Dev'l was piqu'd, ſuch ſaintſhip to behold, / And long'd to tempt him like good Job of old: / But Satan now is wiſer than of yore, / And tempts by making rich, not making poor. [1733 (indicated as 1732), [Alexander] Pope, Of the Use of Riches, an Epistle to the Right Honourable Allen Lord Bathurst, London: […] J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver […], →OCLC, page 18:]
Brisk Confidence still best with woman copes; / Pique her and soothe in turn, soon Passion crowns thy hopes. [1812, Lord Byron, “Canto II”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. A Romaunt, London: […] [F]or John Murray, […]; William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and John Cumming, Dublin; by Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, stanza XXXIII, page 77:]
His chusing to walk with her, she had learnt to understand. It was done to pique Miss Brereton. (Sanditon) [1817 (date written), Jane Austen, chapter 7, in R[aymond] W[ilson] Chambers, editor, Fragment of a Novel Written by Jane Austen, January–March 1817 […] [Sanditon], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, published 1925, →OCLC, page 93:]
She treated him indulgently, as if he were a child. He thought he did not mind. But deep below the surface it piqued him. [1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “The Test on Miriam”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC, part II, page 292:]
I believe this will pique your interest.
I have been hugely involved in the operational side until this point, but now I can speak to operators and other businesses such as American and European companies, because we seem to have piqued interest. [2020 January 2, Richard Clinnick, “After Some Alarms, Sleeper Awakens”, in Rail, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 47:]
[G]ood Nature may be ſetled in them [children] into a Habit, and they may take pleaſure and pique themſelves in being kind, liberal, and civil to others. [1693, [John Locke], “§105”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC, page 123:]
The American hunters pique themselves on their skill in shooting Racoons; which, from the extraordinary vigilance and cunning of the animals, is by no means an easy task. [1850, [Jane] Loudon, “The Racoon. (Procyon, or Ursus lotor.)”, in The Entertaining Naturalist: […], new edition, London: Henry G[eorge] Bohn, […], →OCLC, page 43:]
She piqued herself on writing a hand in which each letter was distinguishable without any large range of conjecture, and she meant to make much use of this accomplishment, to save Mr. Casaubon’s eyes. [1871, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter V, in Middlemarch […], volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book I, page 70:]
Piqu'd by Protogenes's Fame, / From Co to Rhodes, Apelles came; / To ſee a Rival and a Friend, / Prepar'd to Cenſure, or Commend, […] [1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Protogenes and Apelles”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC, stanza 2, page 292:]
For I obſerve, that all vvomen of your condition are like the vvomen of the Play-houſe, ſtill Piquing at each other, vvho ſhall go the beſt Dreſt, and in the Richeſt Habits: till you vvork up one another by your high flying, as the Heron and Jerfalcon do. [1668 June 22 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), John Dryden, An Evening’s Love, or The Mock-Astrologer. […], In the Savoy [London]: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1671, →OCLC, Act IV, page 53:]

pique – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of pique

Nominal Forms

Cognates

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Subjunctive

Present

Perfect

Imperfect

Pluperfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Imperative

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'pique'

Verbs similar to 'pique'

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Verbs referencing "pique"

Sample Sentences