intrigued

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adjective

1. curious about or fascinated by something unusual or mysterious:

   Intrigued onlookers came out onto their balconies, trying to catch a glimpse of the festivities.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of intrigue ( def ).

Other Words From

• un·in·trigued adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of intrigued¹

intrigue ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

These three new shows tell stories that will be familiar to some listeners, adding intrigue with a lot of surprising behind-the-scenes details and some very charismatic interviewees chiming in.

From Outside Online

The idea, as a parent, is really to watch with excitement and intrigue the direction in which she’s leading us.

From Fortune

The SEC is slowly coming around to the passing game’s intrigue.

From FiveThirtyEight

In case the forced sale of TikTok’s western operations wasn’t sufficiently packed with intrigue, Beijing has stirred things up further.

From Fortune

The involvement of a real estate financier who is a prominent supporter of the mayor only added to the intrigue.

From Voice of San Diego

The apparent leader of this girl gang Lady, says, “You look angry, and I am intrigued.”

From The Daily Beast

Curry was intrigued and, unlike the other filmmakers VanDyke consulted, he had time to take on a major project.

From The Daily Beast

Gillespie finds true romance in reasoning, and he was intrigued.

From The Daily Beast

Actually, Miles Davis was much intrigued by the sheer will to creativity of Coltrane on his better nights.

From The Daily Beast

People are so intrigued by this idea of the same boy actually growing up on screen—which is a classic Rick [Linklater] idea.

From The Daily Beast

His term of office, however, was short, for his colleagues intrigued against him.

From Project Gutenberg

If they intrigued with the court of Madrid it could only be through the queen, who must, therefore, have betrayed her husband.

From Project Gutenberg

O'Connell denounced the Whigs, but intrigued to keep them in power, or help them to obtain it.

From Project Gutenberg

At one time she intrigued with Prince Henry, but he dismissed her in angry disgust at her numerous infidelities.

From Project Gutenberg

The baby stopped altogether, her ear intrigued by the purling Gaelic.

From Project Gutenberg