"You'd have nothing but horses, inkstands, and novels in yours," answered Meg petulantly. "You and I will be twenty-six, Teddy, Beth twenty-four, and Amy twenty-two. What a venerable party!" said Jo.

Ashamed of his momentary pique, Laurie squeezed the kind little hand, and said frankly, "I'm the one to be forgiven. I'm cross and have been out of sorts all day…”

What is the best definition for the term “pique?”

a sense of kindness
a feeling of respect
feeling of being wounded
a sense of wishing life were different