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单词 intriguing
释义

intriguing

adjective

in·​trigu·​ing in-ˈtrē-giŋ How to pronounce intriguing (audio)
: engaging the interest to a marked degree : fascinating
an intriguing story

Synonyms

  • absorbing
  • arresting
  • consuming
  • engaging
  • engrossing
  • enthralling
  • fascinating
  • gripping
  • immersing
  • interesting
  • involving
  • riveting
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Example Sentences

The Huns are intriguing not only because of their notoriously hawkish history, but also because of their place as middlemen between Mongol and Turkic ethnicity. Victor L. Mote, Siberia, 1998 The next two phases of the Cambrian … mark the strangest, most important, and most intriguing of all episodes in the fossil record of animals—the short interval known as the Cambrian explosion … Stephen Jay Gould, Natural History, July/August 1998 The folklorist Jan Brunvand has documented hundreds of "urban legends," intriguing stories that everyone swears happened to a friend of a friend … and that circulate for years in nearly identical form in city after city, but that can never be documented as real events. Steven Pinker, The Language Instinct, 1994 The offer is very intriguing. an intriguing concept that should engender much debate among climatologists
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Word History

Etymology

see intrigue entry 1

First Known Use

1752, in the meaning defined above

intriguing 1 of 2

adjective

as in interesting
holding the attention or provoking interest an intriguing concept that should engender much debate among climatologists

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • interesting
  • fascinating
  • engaging
  • exciting
  • absorbing
  • provocative
  • enthralling
  • engrossing
  • gripping
  • riveting
  • amazing
  • inspiring
  • entertaining
  • amusing
  • involving
  • arresting
  • attractive
  • unusual
  • consuming
  • immersing
  • thrilling
  • enchanting
  • tantalizing
  • exhilarating
  • breathtaking
  • alluring
  • striking
  • captivating
  • charming
  • surprising
  • electrifying
  • curious
  • electric
  • mesmerizing
  • astonishing
  • wonderful
  • bewitching
  • stimulating
  • galvanizing
  • showy
  • spellbinding
  • odd
  • emphatic
  • wondrous
  • stirring
  • rousing
  • astounding
  • weird
  • eventful
  • marvelous
  • marvellous
  • hypnotizing
  • splashy
  • eye-opening
  • fabulous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • uninteresting
  • tedious
  • boring
  • dry
  • dull
  • monotonous
  • heavy
  • drab
  • tiresome
  • tiring
  • wearisome
  • unexciting
  • sterile
  • dreary
  • discouraging
  • humdrum
  • wearying
  • pedestrian
  • pedantic
  • disheartening
  • dispiriting
  • demoralizing
  • operose
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intriguing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of intrigue
1
as in plotting
to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends evidence that the leading manufacturers had intrigued to keep prices artificially high

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • plotting
  • scheming
  • conniving
  • contriving
  • engineering
  • devising
  • planning
  • conspiring
  • concocting
  • machinating
  • colluding
  • compassing
  • counterplotting
  • maneuvering
  • mapping
  • shaping
  • hatching
  • manipulating
  • brewing
  • designing
  • jockeying
  • putting up
  • cooking (up)
  • framing
  • laying out
2
as in fascinating
to hold the attention of the mystery story intrigued me so that I read it in one sitting

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • interesting
  • fascinating
  • occupying
  • immersing
  • involving
  • engrossing
  • gripping
  • attracting
  • bemusing
  • enchanting
  • enthralling
  • engaging
  • busying
  • absorbing
  • distracting
  • captivating
  • alluring
  • charming
  • preoccupying
  • mesmerizing
  • bewitching
  • beguiling
  • enwrapping
  • catching one's eye
  • hypnotizing
  • obsessing
  • catching up
  • monopolizing
  • hogging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • boring
  • tiring
  • wearying
  • jading
  • palling
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