Definition of Interesting

1. Adjective. Arousing or holding the attention.


Definition of Interesting

1. a. Engaging the attention; exciting, or adapted to excite, interest, curiosity, or emotion; as, an interesting story; interesting news.

Definition of Interesting

1. Adjective. Arousing or holding the attention or interest of someone. ¹

2. Verb. (present participle of interest) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Interesting

1. interest [v] - See also: interest

Lexicographical Neighbors of Interesting

interest rate
interest rate swap
interest rates
interestable
interested
interestedly
interestedness
interester
interesterification
interesterifications
interesterified
interesterifies
interesterify
interesterifying
interesters
interesting (current term)
interesting condition
interestingly
interestingly enough
interestingness
interestless
interests
interethnic
interevent
interexchange
interexchanges
interexperimental
interface
interface segregation principle
interfaced

Literary usage of Interesting

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

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"It is interesting to compare these two marine stations—the first on the New England mainland, looking across to Martha's Vineyard, and the Elizabeth Islands ..."

2. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"... a very interesting and satisfactory paragraph, at least to all those intimate connections who knew it before. This event, highly important to Mrs ..."

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