intriguing

Meanings

• Adjective

  Captivating and holding one's interest in a curious or exciting way.

  - "The intriguing mystery kept us guessing until the end."
  - "The intriguing painting in the museum left us all in awe."

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Pronunciation

1. /ɪnˈtɹiːɡɪŋ/
   
   
   
   Source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=89259679"

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Synonyms

attractive , fascinating , interesting

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with intriguing
fascinating , entertaining , sustaining

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Variants

List of all variants of intriguing that leads to same result
intriguing , intrigue , intrigued , intriguer , intriguers , intrigues

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Etymology

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Late Middle English: from Latin intrigare, from inter- 'between' + agere 'do'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'intriguing' is often used in the context of mystery novels, movies, and TV shows.

2. Intriguing can also be used as a verb, meaning to engage or attract someone's interest.

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Related Concepts

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1. Mystery: An intriguing mystery is a puzzle or enigma that captures one's interest and holds their attention.

2. Suspense: An intriguing suspense builds anticipation and keeps the audience engaged by withholding important information.

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Quotes

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1. 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,{it}Siberia{/it},1998

2. 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,{it}Natural History{/it},July/August 1998

3. 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,{it}The Language Instinct{/it},1994

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Culture

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The word 'intriguing' has been used extensively in literature, particularly in mystery and suspense genres, to describe situations or objects that capture the reader's attention and hold their interest.

How to Memorize "intriguing"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize an intriguing situation, such as a detective investigating a crime scene or a treasure hunt.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'intriguing' with curiosity and excitement.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Intriguing is a fascinating, curious, and exciting thing' to remember the definition.

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