interesting

[in-ter-uh-sting, -truh-sting, -tuh-res-ting]

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adjective

engaging or exciting and holding the attention or curiosity: an interesting book.

arousing a feeling of interest: an interesting face.

Idioms

in an interesting condition, (of a woman) pregnant.

Origin of interesting

First recorded in 1705–15; interest + -ing²

Related formsin·ter·est·ing·ly, adverbin·ter·est·ing·ness, nounun·in·ter·est·ing, adjectiveun·in·ter·est·ing·ly, adverb

Synonyms for interesting

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1. absorbing, entertaining. Interesting, pleasing, gratifying mean satisfying to the mind. Something that is interesting occupies the mind with no connotation of pleasure or displeasure: an interesting account of a battle. Something that is pleasing engages the mind favorably: a pleasing account of the wedding. Something that is gratifying fulfills expectations, requirements, etc.: a gratifying account of his whereabouts; a book gratifying in its detail.

Antonyms for interesting

1. dull.

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Related Words for uninteresting

tedious, unexciting, humdrum, dreary, depressing, tiresome, stale, arid, banal, common, commonplace, dismal, drab, dry, dull, dusty, flat, insipid, irksome, jejune

Examples from the Web for uninteresting

Contemporary Examples of uninteresting

I felt so normal and uninteresting that I thought, OK, this will never happen.
Charlotte Gainsbourg’s Raw Performance in ‘Nymphomaniac’ Is Not About the Sex
Jimmy So
March 21, 2014
He was unintelligible, uninteresting and completely counterfeit.
Leave Kanye Alone
Choire Sicha
September 14, 2009

Historical Examples of uninteresting

I have said enough, perhaps too much, of this most uninteresting of men!
Salted With Fire
George MacDonald
But we will let Shakib give us a few not uninteresting details of the matter.
The Book of Khalid
Ameen Rihani
And our task, if a melancholy, was certainly no uninteresting one.
Leading Articles on Various Subjects
Hugh Miller
They were barren virtues, too unexciting and uninteresting to make any appeal.
The Twins of Suffering Creek
Ridgwell Cullum
It is in many ways not at all uninteresting to be attached to a Supply Column.
War Letters of a Public-School Boy
Paul Jones.

British Dictionary definitions for uninteresting

uninteresting

adjective

not interesting; boringlifeless and uninteresting

interesting

adjective

inspiring interest; absorbing

Derived Formsinterestingly, adverbinterestingness, noun

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Word Origin and History for uninteresting

adj.

1769, from un- (1) "not" + interesting.

interesting

adj.

1711, "that concerns, important," from interest (v.). Meaning "so as to excite interest" is from 1768. Related: Interestingly. Euphemistic phrase interesting condition, etc., "pregnant" is from 1748.