intriguing en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ɪnˈtɹiːɡɪŋ/
Meanings
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Causing a desire to know more; mysterious.
As a result, while the train was being shunted at Bombay, the buffers became locked, producing a situation most intriguing for the onlookers, but exasperating for the exalted passengers and the unhappy railway authorities.
1945 September and October, C. Hamilton Ellis, “Royal Trains—V”, in Railway Magazine, page 249:
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Involving oneself in secret plots or schemes.
A book that does not sell us the powerful, intriguing women of Rome simply as poisoners, schemers, and femmes fatales […]
2011, Annelise Freisenbruch, Caesars' Wives: Sex, Power, and Politics in the Roman Empire:
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(archaic) Having clandestine or illicit intercourse.
[…] few respectable women will now sit at a window, looking into the public street, or gaze at passengers in any large town or city; and no one does so at present, unless an innocent inexperienced, husband-hunting, flirtish, or intriguing person.
1839, Michael Ryan, Prostitution in London, page 83:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more intriguing | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most intriguing | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
intriguingly · intriguingness · unintriguing
Synonyms
runish · arcane · undetermined · mysterioso · mysterious · sibylline · undefined · inenubilable · mysterial · cryptic · uncertain · enigmatic · ill-defined · fascinating · interesting · mystic · systerious · attractive
Translations (38)
he מְאַלֵּף (causing a desire to know more) · ru захватывающий (causing a desire to know more) · bg увлекателен (causing a desire to know more) · ru пленительный (causing a desire to know more) · fi mielenkiintoinen (causing a desire to know more) · pl intrygujący (causing a desire to know more) · it affascinante (causing a desire to know more) · tr ilginç (causing a desire to know more) · es intrigante (causing a desire to know more) · no forlokkende (causing a desire to know more) · tr merak uyandırıcı (causing a desire to know more) · it intrigante (causing a desire to know more) · ar مُثِير لِلْاِهْتِمَام (causing a desire to know more) · de fesselnd (causing a desire to know more) · ru увлека́тельный (causing a desire to know more) · de faszinierend (causing a desire to know more) · tr şaşırtıcı (causing a desire to know more) · ru интригующий (causing a desire to know more) · fi kiintoisa (causing a desire to know more) · es fascinante (causing a desire to know more) · it stuzzicante (causing a desire to know more) · de interessant (causing a desire to know more) · cmn 引起好奇心的 (causing a desire to know more) · fr fascinant (causing a desire to know more) · it coinvolgente (causing a desire to know more) · ca intrigant (causing a desire to know more) · hu érdekfeszítő (causing a desire to know more) · pt intrigante (causing a desire to know more) · it seducente (causing a desire to know more) · tr ilgi çekici (causing a desire to know more) · fi kiehtova (causing a desire to know more) · nl intrigerend (causing a desire to know more) · ru занимательный (causing a desire to know more) · bg интригуващ (causing a desire to know more) · hu érdekes (causing a desire to know more) · it stimolante (causing a desire to know more) · ar مُثِير لِلْفُضُول (causing a desire to know more) · es curioso (causing a desire to know more)