Definition of Intriguing

1. Adjective. Disturbingly provocative. "An intriguing smile"

Exact synonyms: Challenging
Similar to: Provocative

2. Adjective. Capable of arousing interest or curiosity. "Our team came up with some most intriguing finds"
Similar to: Interesting

Definition of Intriguing

1. Adjective. Causing a desire to know more; mysterious. ¹

2. Verb. (present participle of intrigue) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Intriguing

1. intrigue [v] - See also: intrigue

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intriguing

intrichi
intrico
intricoes
intrigant
intrigante
intrigants
intrigoes
intriguant
intriguants
intrigued
intriguer
intriguers
intriguery
intrigues
intriguing
intriguingly
intrince
intrinse
intrinsic
intrinsic asthma
intrinsic brightness
intrinsic brightnesses
intrinsic colour
intrinsic deflection
intrinsic dysmenorrhoea
intrinsic factor
intrinsic fibres
intrinsic fraud
intrinsic motivation

Literary usage of Intriguing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1845)
"Lord Keeper charged with intriguing against the Court. ... He revived the charge of intriguing with the discontented parliamentary leaders at Oxford, ..."

2. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (1904)
"... intriguing schemer, who was panic- stricken at the name of Napoleon, and guilty through his blunders at Krasnoe and Berezina of robbing the Russian army ..."

3. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1905)
"JAMES MADISON TO JAMES MONROE ON ALLEGED SPANISH Intriguing IN 1816. ... That Onis is intriguing at N[ew]. O[rleans]. is probable; and that the Spanish Gov? ..."

4. The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris: Minister of the United States to by Gouverneur Morris (1888)
"The queen intriguing with Mirabeau. Morris's impressions of the Abbe Maury. ... They tell me that the Queen is now intriguing with Mirabeau, the Comte de la ..."

5. History of Spanish Literature by George Ticknor (1854)
"... has a story of considerable interest, announcing the intriguing plot which became a principal characteristic of the Spanish theatre afterwards. ..."

6. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1830)
"Intriguing AND MADNESS. WHEN I have seen a beautiful and popular actress, I have often thought how many young play-goers these women must intoxicate— how ..."

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