Tuesday word: Intrigued

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Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018

Intrigued (verb)
in·trigue [v. in-treeg; n. in-treeg, in-treeg]

verb (used with object)
1. to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate: The plan intrigues me, but I wonder if it will work.
2. to achieve or earn by appealing to another's curiosity, fancy, or interest: to intrigue one's way into another's notice.
3. to draw or capture: Her interest was intrigued by the strange symbol.
4. to accomplish or force by crafty plotting or underhand machinations.
5. Obsolete. to entangle.
6. Obsolete. to trick or cheat.

verb (used without object)
7. to plot craftily or underhandedly.
8. to carry on a secret or illicit love affair.

noun
9. the use of underhand machinations or deceitful stratagems.
10. such a machination or stratagem or a series of them; a plot or crafty dealing: political intrigues.
11. a secret or illicit love affair.
12. the series of complications forming the plot of a play.

Related forms
in·tri·guer , noun
in·tri·guing·ly , adverb
out·in·trigue , verb (used with object), out·in·trigued, out·in·tri·guing.
un·in·trigued , adjective
un·in·tri·guing , adjective

Related Words for intrigued
charmed, fascinated, entertained, interested, absorbed

Synonyms
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1. interest, attract, fascinate.
7. manipulate.
9, 10. manipulation.

Synonym study
10. See conspiracy.

Origin: 1640–50; < French intriguer < Italian intrigare < Latin intricare to entangle; see intricate

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