Face and Pique

Face

Face verb - To stand or sit with the face or front toward.

Pique and face are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pique" instead a verb "Face".

Nearby Words: faced, facing, facer, faceless

Pique

Pique verb - To disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts.

Face and pique are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Face" instead a verb "Pique".

Nearby Words: piqued, piquing, piquet

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Face–Heel Turn: Legate Pigna betrays the Legion out of personal pique, when yelled at by Carrera when he was raving about how the Legion became bureaucratized.
  • Remiel then spits on Lucifer's face in a fit of pique.
  • Spoiled Sweet: Bird, at least until Episode 4 when she paints a picture of Carter that Carter is offended by—half the face was just a skull with rotting flesh falling off—then prints it off and sticks up hundreds of copies all over the school in a fit of pique.
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