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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
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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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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