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Audio Help [v. in-treeg; n. in-treeg, in-treeg] Pronunciation Key verb, -trigued, -tri·guing, noun

–verb (used with object)

1.	to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate: The plan intrigues me, but I wonder if it will work.

2.	to achieve or earn by appealing to another's curiosity, fancy, or interest: to intrigue one's way into another's notice.

3.	to draw or capture: Her interest was intrigued by the strange symbol.

4.	to accomplish or force by crafty plotting or underhand machinations.

5.	Obsolete. to entangle.

6.	Obsolete. to trick or cheat.

–verb (used without object)

7.	to plot craftily or underhandedly.

8.	to carry on a secret or illicit love affair.

–noun

9.	the use of underhand machinations or deceitful stratagems.

10.	such a machination or stratagem or a series of them; a plot or crafty dealing: political intrigues.

11.	a secret or illicit love affair.

12.	the series of complications forming the plot of a play.

[Origin: 1640–50; < F intriguer < It intrigare < L intrīcāre to entangle; see intricate

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—Related forms

in·tri·guer, noun

in·tri·guing·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. interest, attract, fascinate. 7. manipulate. 9, 10. manipulation. 10. See conspiracy.

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in·trigue Audio Help (ĭn'trēg', ĭn-trēg') Pronunciation Key
n.

1. A secret or underhand scheme; a plot.
2. The practice of or involvement in such schemes.
A clandestine love affair.

v.   (ĭn-trēg') in·trigued, in·trigu·ing, in·trigues

v.   intr.
To engage in secret or underhand schemes; plot.

v.   tr.

To effect by secret scheming or plotting.
To arouse the interest or curiosity of: Hibernation has long intrigued biologists.

[From French intriguer, to plot, from Italian intrigare, to plot, from Latin intrīcāre, to entangle; see intricate.]

in·trigu'er n., in'trigu'ing·ly adv.

Usage Note: The introduction of the verb intrigue to mean "to arouse the interest or curiosity of" was initially resisted by writers on usage as an unneeded French substitute for available English words such as interest, fascinate, or puzzle, but it now appears to be well established. Seventy-eight percent of the Usage Panel accepts it in the sentence The special-quota idea intrigues some legislators, who have asked a Washington think tank to evaluate it, whereas only 52 percent accepted it in a 1968 survey.

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intriguing
adjective
1.	disturbingly provocative; "an intriguing smile" [syn: challenging]
2.	capable of arousing interest or curiosity; "our team came up with some most intriguing finds"

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
inˈtriguing adjective

curious or amusing
Example: an intriguing idea

Arabic:	جَذّاب، ساحِر، مُثير للإهْتِمام
Chinese (Simplified):	引起兴趣的
Chinese (Traditional):	引起興趣的
Czech:	zajímavý, poutavý
Danish:	fascinerende; fængslende
Dutch:	intrigerend
Estonian:	huvitav
Finnish:	kiehtova
French:	intrigant
German:	verblüffend
Greek:	γοητευτικός
Hungarian:	érdekes
Icelandic:	forvitnilegur
Indonesian:	menarik
Italian:	intrigante, interessante

Japanese:	興味深い
Korean:	흥미를 돋우는
Latvian:	intriģējošs; aizraujošs
Lithuanian:	keliantis smalsumą, intriguojantis
Norwegian:	rar, fengslende, spennende
Polish:	intrygujący
Portuguese (Brazil):	envolvente
Portuguese (Portugal):	intrigante
Romanian:	intrigant, care (te) intrigă
Russian:	интригующий
Slovak:	pútavý
Slovenian:	mikaven
Spanish:	intrigante
Swedish:	fängslande, spännande, intressant, underfundig
Turkish:	ilgi çekici