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Definitions for intriguing
in·trigu·ing
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word intriguing.
Princeton's WordNet
challenging, intriguingadjective
disturbingly provocative
"an intriguing smile"
intriguingadjective
capable of arousing interest or curiosity
"our team came up with some most intriguing finds"
Wiktionary
intriguingadjective
Causing a desire to know more; mysterious.
ChatGPT
intriguing
Intriguing refers to something that arouses curiosity or interest; something that is captivating, fascinating or mysterious. It is often used to describe situations, ideas, or people that are complex and hard to understand but captivating and appealing because of these complexities.
Webster Dictionary
Intriguing
of Intrigue
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of intriguing in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of intriguing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of intriguing in a Sentence
Jump starting the economy-- that’s his play, it’s an intriguing idea- but that’s it. It’s not something that’s galvanized voters.
The theory of the purple planet is really intriguing, and it's intriguing because it's important for us to think about the fact that we might not be looking for life that looks like life on the modern Earth, we might be looking for life that looks like Earth in the Archean (era of early life), or we might be looking for life that looks like Earth life that lives way at the bottom of the ocean. And we have to think about what that's going to look like. If it uses retinal pigments, it'll be purple.
We happened to have a big box of colored pencils, and he was having his seizures so frequently that we decided to ask him if he could illustrate what exactly he was seeing, and this was really intriguing to us, the drawing he produced.
I told him in a half serious, half joking mode, that I had a capitalist proposal, his response after more than 30 seconds was 'That's indeed very intriguing, but if you want us to reach an agreement quickly, that's not the fastest route. It's a few years too soon.'.
This new, large study adds to this overall picture, but it only drew on data from people with White, British or Irish ancestry, more research is needed to build on its intriguing findings, and uncover whether these reported benefits also translate to minority communities, where historically dementia has often been misunderstood and highly stigmatised, and where awareness of how people can reduce their risk is low.
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- مثيرة للاهتمامArabic
- интригуващBulgarian
- intrigantCatalan, Valencian
- interessant, fesselnd, faszinierendGerman
- ενδιαφέρουσαGreek
- curioso, fascinante, intriganteSpanish
- kiehtova, kiintoisa, mielenkiintoinenFinnish
- intrigant, fascinantFrench
- érdekfeszítő, érdekesHungarian
- membuat penasaranIndonesian
- intriganteItalian
- 興味をそそりますJapanese
- intrigerendDutch
- ForlokkendeNorwegian
- intrigantePortuguese
- занимательный, захватывающий, увлекательный, интригующий, пленительныйRussian
- ilgi çekiciTurkish
- hấp dẫnVietnamese
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