English Explanatory Dictionary

intriguing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Causing a desire to know more; mysterious.
  2. Involving oneself in secret plots or schemes.
  3. Having clandestine or illicit intercourse.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of intrigue
noun
  1. An intrigue.

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈtɹiːɡɪŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-intriguing.wav

Word forms

intriguing more intriguing most intriguing intriguings

Synonyms

fascinating interesting attractive arcane cryptic enigmatic ill-defined inenubilable mysterial mysterioso mysterious mystic runish sibylline systerious uncertain undefined undetermined

Derived words

intriguingly intriguingness unintriguing
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