stuaic — meaning in English
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English meaning
- huff noun A fit of annoyance or offended pride.
- peak noun The pointed top of a mountain or hill.
- pinnacle noun The highest point of achievement or success.
- pique verb To arouse someone's interest or curiosity, especially suddenly.
- spire noun A tall, tapering structure that rises to a point, especially on top of a church tower.
- sulk verb To show displeasure by going quiet and withdrawn rather than speaking about it.
- vertex noun A point where two or more lines, edges or curves meet; a corner of a shape or angle.
Senses
stuaic is used for these senses in English:
- huff (figurative) A condition of anger, annoyance, disgust, etc.
- peak A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
- pinnacle (geology) A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.
- pinnacle (architectural element) An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire.
- pique (uncountable) Irritation or resentment awakened by a social injury or slight; offence, especially taken in an emotional sense with little consideration or thought; (countable) especially in fit of pique: a transient feeling of wounded pride.
- spire (architectural element) A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof. [from 16th c.]
- sulk A state of sulking.
- vertex (geometry) An angular point of a polygon, polyhedron or higher order polytope.
huff — full definition
- noun A fit of annoyance or offended pride.
- verb To breathe out heavily, especially in annoyance or exertion.
- verb To react with irritation or wounded pride.
- verb (slang) To inhale a substance, especially a solvent, to get high.
peak — full definition
- noun The pointed top of a mountain or hill.
- noun The highest point or value that something reaches.
- adj At the highest or best level; maximum.
- verb To reach the highest point or value before declining.