Pronunciations (2)
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/ɪnˈtɹiːɡɪŋ/
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ɪnˈtɹiːɡɪŋ
Adjective
Causing a desire to know more; mysterious.
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As a result, while the train was being shunted at Bombay, the buffers became locked, producing a situation most intriguing for the onlookers, but exasperating for the exalted passengers and the unhappy railway authorities.
Involving oneself in secret plots or schemes.
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A book that does not sell us the powerful, intriguing women of Rome simply as poisoners, schemers, and femmes fatales […]
Having clandestine or illicit intercourse.
Usage- Archaic
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[…] few respectable women will now sit at a window, looking into the public street, or gaze at passengers in any large town or city; and no one does so at present, unless an innocent inexperienced, husband-hunting, flirtish, or intriguing person.
Noun
An intrigue.
Usage- Dated
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In all these negotiations, and caballings, and intriguings, the person most concerned, Frances Coke, the beauty and the heiress, was only the ball in the game.
Adjective
disturbingly provocative
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an intriguing smile
capable of arousing interest or curiosity
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our team came up with some most intriguing finds