What is another word for piquing ?

Causing or eliciting a strong reaction (in someone)

“His verbal recreations of camp life, and of characters he'd met, had us all laughing and asking piquing questions by turns.”

Adjective

Providing inspiration

energising^UK

energizing^US

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Adjective

in a few well-chosen words

Brief, concise, and to the point

summarized^US

summarised^UK

summarizing^US

summarising^UK

short and to the point

make a long story short

not afraid to call a spade a spade

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Verb

put somebody's nose out of joint

To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

rubbing up the wrong way

driving to distraction

getting under your skin

getting up your nose

getting your goat

giving someone grief

giving someone the hump

hacking off

making your blood boil

driving round the bend

driving round the twist

getting your dander up

hacking you off

heating up

making someone see red

getting on your nerves

giving someone the pip

putting your back up

hitting where one lives

rubbing the wrong way

getting on one's nerves

getting under one's skin

giving someone a hard time

getting across someone

getting on someone's nerves

rubbing you up the wrong way

putting someone's back up

getting in someone's hair

getting on somebody's nerves

cutting to the quick

getting under skin

putting someone's nose out of joint

making someone's blood boil

scaring

bumming

umbraging

making your hackles rise

rattling one's cage

hurting someone's feelings

getting your hackles up

sticking in one's craw

getting in one's hair

hectoring

hacking

setting one's teeth on edge

acerbating

getting someone's goat

arousing

scandalising^UK

trying one's patience

getting a rise out of

ruffling one's feathers

putting down

getting someone's back up

getting up someone's nose

pushing someon's buttons

putting your nose out of joint

causing resentment to

saddening

making one see red

trying the patience of

agonizing^US

setting your teeth on edge

grating upon

wearing upon

pushing one's buttons

triggering

pushing someone's buttons

disaffecting

discontenting

riling up

rubbing one the wrong way

tantalising^UK

breathing down someone's neck

quizzing

hindering

bending someone's ear

carping at

running up the wrong way

tantalizing^US

making someone's hackles rise

making sore

rattling someone's cage

ruffling someone's feathers

blowing up

getting under someone's skin

getting on someone's wick

getting someone's dander up

driving you up the wall

victimizing^US

driving you to distraction

making somebody's blood boil

driving you out of your mind

driving you round the bend

shattering

driving you off your head

driving somebody up the wall

driving you round the twist

pushing the buttons of

agonising^UK

upsetting the apple cart

terrorizing^US

giving the cold shoulder

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

trying someone's patience

working into lather

putting someone out

throwing off balance

making it hot for someone

terrorising^UK

victimising^UK

sticking the knife into

expelling

making things hot for someone

dragooning

singling out

getting the knife into

putting someone off their stroke

causing someone to lose their composure

hurting somebody's feelings

treading on someone's toes

turning one's stomach

making someone want to throw up

disenchanting

cloying on

causing to feel nauseous

turning your stomach

making shudder

filling with loathing

palling

offending morals of

wrangling

quarreling^US

quarrelling^UK

going at it hammer and tongs

fighting like cat and dog

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

having a disagreement

contesting

bumping heads

having a misunderstanding

taking the piss out of

discriminating against

surrounding

hemming and hawing

arguing over

putting up an argument

making a big thing about

having an altercation

jumping on one's case

bringing pressure to bear on

breaking with

conflicting

putting the screws on

putting the squeeze on

overwhelming

slamming

causing suffering to

keeping complaining to

dominating

taking the mickey out of

showing antagonism to

feeling ill will towards

showing ill will towards

pushing about

bearing a grudge towards

having shouting match

encountering

giving someone hell

arousing hostility in

leading someone a merry dance

causing discomfort to

playing cat and mouse

putting through wringer

rubbing salt in wound

having a difference of opinion

calling on the carpet

getting into conflict

getting into a dispute

bandying

discepting

alienating

losing the affection of

making someone fed up

batting around or back and forth

satirizing^US

using strong-arm tactics on

riding roughshod over

jumping on each other

picking an argument

socking it to

going one on one

putting up a struggle

knocking around

getting in one's face

leaving no stone unturned

searching high heaven

giving one the business

getting on the nerves of

blockading

getting in the hair of

putting someone to trouble

giving someone bother

jostling

bumping

taking exception

causing someone difficulty

making someone go out of his way

bringing pressure to bear

pulling somebody's leg

satirising^UK

pulling someone's leg

causing inconvenience to

creating difficulties for

fighting like Kilkenny cats

demonizing^US

belabouring^UK

having your knife into

demonising^UK

tyrannizing^US

causing to feel mental strain

causing to feel emotional strain

tyrannising^UK

carrying a heavy load

getting into a dither

eating one's heart out

rivaling^US

rivalling^UK

dueling^US

duelling^UK

belaboring^US

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“She was piqued by his lack of enthusiasm.”

Verb

To be triggering a passionate feeling or reaction

energising^UK

energizing^US

firing the imagination of

fueling^US

lighting a fire under

firing with enthusiasm

leading to

giving a shot in the arm

giving someone a kick

frightening

zapping

getting someone going

agitating for

agitating against

fanning the flames of

acting as a stimulus to

acting as an incentive to

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

firing the enthusiasm of

building a fire under

making an impression on

boosting someone's morale

raising the morale of

giving a shot in the arm to

psyching up

stimulating spiritually

lifting the spirits of

stiffening the resolve of

organizing^US

organising^UK

catalyzing^US

catalysing^UK

laying the foundations of

laying the first stone of

starting the ball rolling

mobilizing^US

getting off the ground

mobilising^UK

marshaling^US

marshalling^UK

maneuvering^US

manoeuvring^UK

realising^UK

realizing^US

bringing into existence

getting something off the ground

bringing off

giving a new lease of life to

getting something going

entering into

adding up to

conducing

laying the cornerstone of

getting something moving

rising and shining

breathing new life into

getting the ball rolling

setting the ball rolling

putting new strength in

putting new heart in

putting new heart into

setting the ball rolling on

biasing^US

biassing^UK

acting as a incentive to

acting as a spur to

acting as a fillip to

acting as a impetus to

getting one started

bowing

putting into operation

blowing away the cobwebs

getting something functioning

getting something working

being responsible for

being partly responsible for

kicking something off

starting out

deploying

making you of a mind to

moulding^UK

molding^US

exerting influence on

putting someone up to something

setting something moving

starting something operating

starting something functioning

setting something going

showing signs of life

starting ball rolling

jumping into

getting off

getting the show on the road

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Verb

capturing one's imagination

(rare) Instigating the curiosity or attention of someone

tantalizing^US

mesmerising^UK

mesmerizing^US

tantalising^UK

floating someone's boat

lighting someone's fire

occupying

preoccupying

sitting up

tickling someone's fancy

hypnotizing^US

magnetizing^US

magnetising^UK

hypnotising^UK

stimulating

gratifying

satisfying

putting under a spell

holding in awe

concerning

arousing one's curiosity

mattering to

holding one's attention

whetting one's appetite

engaging one's attention

catching one's eye

holding

enrapturing

arousing the curiosity of

humoring^US

holding the attention of

humouring^UK

sweeping off one's feet

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

whetting the appetite of

giving someone a thrill

sending into raptures

pleasing greatly

soaking

training

sweeping off your feet

giving someone a kick

keeping busy

going over big

drawing one's attention

getting someone going

giving great pleasure to

giving someone a charge

grabbing the attention of

tickling the fancy of

taking someone's breath away

sending into transports

putting under magic spell

giving the come-on to

getting one's jollies

absorbing yourself in

throwing yourself into

forspeaking

putting the whammy on

putting horns on

switching on

pumping up

sweeping you off your feet

holding your attention

leading up garden path

making your mouth water

flying in the face of

oiling

exerting influence on

catching someone's eye

having a get-together

paralysing^UK

becoming an obsession with

making a hit with someone

agreeing with

giving someone pleasure

getting one's kicks

cheering up

making someone feel good

bucking up

warming the cockles of the heart

stopping in one's tracks

rooting

stopping dead

riveting the attention of

paralyzing^US

stopping one dead

stopping someone in their tracks

keeping someone hanging on

winding up

making someone's mouth water

winning the affection of

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Verb

Present participle for to wound the pride of

Verb

Present participle for to cause damage to

Noun