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interesting
[ in-ter-uh-sting, -truh-sting, -tuh-res-ting ]
adjective
- engaging or exciting and holding the attention or curiosity:
an interesting book.
Synonyms: entertaining, absorbing
Antonyms: dull
- arousing a feeling of interest:
an interesting face.
interesting
/ ˈɪntrɪstɪŋ; -tərɪs- /
adjective
- inspiring interest; absorbing
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Derived Forms
- ˈinterestingness, noun
- ˈinterestingly, adverb
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Other Words From
- inter·est·ing·ly adverb
- inter·est·ing·ness noun
- un·inter·est·ing adjective
- un·inter·est·ing·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of interesting1
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Idioms and Phrases
- in an interesting condition, (of a woman) pregnant.
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Example Sentences
It was interesting enough to take down the whole cake, and maybe even dip into the tube bag for another, and another.
Eventually you’ll be able to calculate something interesting, such as the path of a whole billiard ball.
That’s why an interesting pattern in analyzing SEO agencies is looking at the ones that access self-serve reporting platforms to allow full transparency and a semi-automation of the process.
The most interesting new strap is called the Solo Loop and it doesn’t have a clasp at all.
He shared some interesting news about a new program Lowe’s is launching to get more products from small and minority-owned businesses on its shelves.
Interesting that those who sat in judgment of him found those two sets of beliefs to be incompatible.
“I found him to to be an interesting person,” Krauss said of the first impression.
Two factors made Hiram Revels especially interesting to the Washington establishment.
These are eight of the most interesting laws passed in the second session of the 113th Congress.
Opechatesgays.com is one project of a much larger organization, EthicalOil.org—and here is where things get really interesting.
We prefer the American volume of Hochelaga to the Canadian one, although both are highly interesting.
To Americans Mrs. Wright is interesting by reason of her patriotism, which amounted to a passion.
It goes without saying that Ferns of all kinds are interesting plants to grow in the garden and house.
I seized the opportunity to watch what I supposed would be a most interesting interview, from behind a curtain.
Be Bry in his History of Brazil describes its use and also some interesting particulars concerning the plant.
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What are other ways to say interesting?
A person or a thing that is interesting arouses a feeling of curiosity or concern, or is engaging and exciting. But interesting isn’t quite the same as pleasing or gratifying. Find out why on Thesaurus.com.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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