intriguing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɹiːɡɪŋ/

Adjective

intriguing (comparative more intriguing, superlative most intriguing)

1. Causing a desire to know more; mysterious.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:mysterious

2. (archaic) Having clandestine or illicit intercourse.
   • 1839, Michael Ryan, Prostitution in London (page 83)

     […] 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.

Synonyms

• fascinating, interesting, attractive

Translations

causing a desire to know more

• Bulgarian: интригуващ (bg) m (intriguvašt), увлекателен (bg) (uvlekatelen)
• Catalan: intrigant (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 引起好奇心的

• Dutch: intrigerend (nl)
• Finnish: mielenkiintoinen (fi), kiintoisa, kiehtova (fi)
• French: fascinant (fr)
• German: faszinierend (de), fesselnd (de), interessant (de)
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• Hebrew: מְאַלֵּף (he) m (mealéf)
• Hungarian: érdekes (hu), érdekfeszítő (hu)
• Italian: intrigante (it), coinvolgente (it), stimolante (it), stuzzicante (it), affascinante (it), seducente (it)
• Norwegian: Forlokkende
• Portuguese: intrigante (pt)
• Russian: интригующий (ru) (intrigujuščij), увлека́тельный (ru) (uvlekátelʹnyj), занимательный (ru) (zanimatelʹnyj), пленительный (ru) (plenitelʹnyj), захватывающий (ru) (zaxvatyvajuščij)
• Spanish: curioso (es), fascinante (es), intrigante

Verb

intriguing

1. present participle of intrigue

Noun

intriguing (plural intriguings)

1. (dated) An intrigue.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Thomas Longueville, The Curious Case of Lady Purbeck

     In all these negotiations, and caballings, and intriguings, the person most concerned, Frances Coke, the beauty and the heiress, was only the ball in the game.