interesting
[in-ter-uh-sting, -truh-sting, -tuh-res-ting]
- engaging or exciting and holding the attention or curiosity: an interesting book.
- arousing a feeling of interest: an interesting face.
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- in an interesting condition, (of a woman) pregnant.
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Origin of interesting
Synonyms
See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.com1. 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
1. dull.
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Contemporary Examples
I felt so normal and uninteresting that I thought, OK, this will never happen.
He was unintelligible, uninteresting and completely counterfeit.
Historical Examples
I have said enough, perhaps too much, of this most uninteresting of men!
Salted With FireGeorge MacDonald
But we will let Shakib give us a few not uninteresting details of the matter.
The Book of KhalidAmeen Rihani
And our task, if a melancholy, was certainly no uninteresting one.
Leading Articles on Various SubjectsHugh Miller
They were barren virtues, too unexciting and uninteresting to make any appeal.
The Twins of Suffering CreekRidgwell Cullum
It is in many ways not at all uninteresting to be attached to a Supply Column.
War Letters of a Public-School BoyPaul Jones.
uninteresting
- not interesting; boringlifeless and uninteresting
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interesting
- inspiring interest; absorbing
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Word Origin and History for uninteresting
adj.
1769, from un- (1) "not" + interesting.
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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.
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