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Definition of Intriguing
1. Adjective. Disturbingly provocative. "An intriguing smile"
2. Adjective. Capable of arousing interest or curiosity. "Our team came up with some most intriguing finds"
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
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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