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interesting

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

adjective

  1. engaging or exciting and holding the attention or curiosity:

    an interesting book.

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  2. arousing a feeling of interest:

    an interesting face.



interesting

/ ˈɪntrɪstɪŋ; -tərɪs- /

adjective

  1. inspiring interest; absorbing
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԳٱپԲԱ, noun
  • ˈԳٱپԲ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • t··Բ· adverb
  • t··Բ·Ա noun
  • ܲ·t··Բ adjective
  • un·t··Բ· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of interesting1

First recorded in 1705–15; interest + -ing 2
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. in an interesting condition, (of a woman) pregnant.
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Example Sentences

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It's interesting how Palace have got a good record against Villa this season.

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So, “You” is leaving at an interesting time.

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Speaking on her most recent Goop podcast this week, she said: "I went into hardcore macrobiotic for a certain time, that was an interesting chapter where I got obsessed with eating very, very healthily."

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Editing 14 genes is interesting, but it’s not a reconstruction or de-extinction.

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More interesting is the placing of bodies in space when nobody’s dancing, lending a choreographic energy to ordinary conversations.

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When To Use

are other ways to say interesting?

A person or a thing that is interesting arouses a feeling of curiosity or concern, or is engaging and exciting. But interesting isn’t quite the same as pleasing or gratifying. Find out why on .

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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