Meaning & use
piqued
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aroused interest or curiosity in someone, or provoked annoyance or resentment.
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The mysterious headline piqued her curiosity, so she clicked the link.
He was visibly piqued by his colleague's dismissive comment.
A note on using this word
Commonly misspelled as 'peaked my interest' — the correct idiom is 'piqued my interest.'
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arousedprovoked
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