piqued

• It's easy enough transplanting a sapling, but an old tree's different It all depends," replied Mrs. Hornblower coldly, piqued, as Persis had feared, by her reference to the delicate subject. —  Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale
• Monthault was piqued, and made several sharp remarks on the versatility of women I fancy," said Constantia, "your's is a most invulnerable heart; we poor women are in your eyes either destitute of attractions to gain, or of merit to retain your affections. —  The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel
• He began to feel piqued, as well as puzzled And then, one day, he happened to glance up suddenly and in that instant encountered a full, straight, intense look from her--a look that weighed, and wondered, and searched, and was piercingly, almost unbearably eager and wistful. —  The Purple Heights
• It was not easy for her to appear pleased when she felt piqued, and to feign a deep interest in the Austrian Tyrol, when she had not known, till that occasion, whereabouts on the map it might be found. —  Fated to Be Free
• I'm not so sure that it isn't best And yet," she said slowly, "you are piqued--piqued that another should have won where you failed--even if the prize isn't just what you might wish Langhorne assented by silence. —  The Ear in the Wall

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