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interesting In hacker parlance, this word has strong connotations of "annoying", or "difficult", or both. Hackers relish a challenge, and enjoy wringing all the irony possible out of the ancient Chinese curse "May you live in interesting times". [{Jargon File]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Interest \In"ter*est\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interested; p. pr. & vb. n. Interesting.] [From interess'd, p. p. of the older form interess, fr. F. int['e]resser, L. interesse. See Interest, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work. [1913 Webster] To love our native country . . . to be interested in its concerns is natural to all men. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] A goddess who used to interest herself in marriages. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite; -- often used impersonally. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Or rather, gracious sir, Create me to this glory, since my cause Doth interest this fair quarrel. --Ford. [1913 Webster] 3. To cause or permit to share. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The mystical communion of all faithful men is such as maketh every one to be interested in those precious blessings which any one of them receiveth at God's hands. --Hooker. Syn: To concern; excite; attract; entertain; engage; occupy; hold. [1913 Webster]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Interesting \In"ter*est*ing\, a. Engaging the attention; exciting, or adapted to excite, interest, curiosity, or emotion; as, an interesting story; interesting news. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) : [ jargon ]
interesting adj. In hacker parlance, this word has strong connotations of `annoying', or `difficult', or both. Hackers relish a challenge, and enjoy wringing all the irony possible out of the ancient Chinese curse "May you live in interesting times". Oppose trivial, uninteresting.From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Interesting \In"ter*est*ing\, a. Engaging the attention; exciting, or adapted to excite, interest, curiosity, or emotion; as, an interesting story; interesting news. --Cowper.From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Interest \In"ter*est\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interested; p. pr. & vb. n. Interesting.] [From interess'd, p. p. of the older form interess, fr. F. int['e]resser, L. interesse. See Interest, n.] 1. To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work. To love our native country . . . to be interested in its concerns is natural to all men. --Dryden. A goddess who used to interest herself in marriages. --Addison. 2. To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite; -- often used impersonally. [Obs.] Or rather, gracious sir, Create me to this glory, since my cause Doth interest this fair quarrel. --Ford. 3. To cause or permit to share. [Obs.] The mystical communion of all faithful men is such as maketh every one to be interested in those precious blessings which any one of them receiveth at God's hands. --Hooker. Syn: To concern; excite; attract; entertain; engage; occupy; hold.From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
interesting adj : arousing or holding the attention [ant: uninteresting]From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
interesting Αγγλικά a. ενδιαφέρων, -ουσα, -ονFrom English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
interesting a. (lb en obsolete) Of concern; affecting, important. vb. (present participle of en interest nocat=1)From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
interesting a. (lb en obsolete) Of concern; affecting, important. vb. (present participle of en interest nocat=1)From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
interesting a. (lb en obsolete) Of concern; affecting, important. vb. (present participle of en interest nocat=1)From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
interesting a. (lb en obsolete) Of concern; affecting, important. vb. (present participle of en interest nocat=1)From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
interesting Englanti a. kiinnostava, mielenkiintoinen Englanti vb. (en-v-taivm i nterest ing)From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
interesting Engelska a. (avledning en interest ordform=prespart); intressant, intresseväckande Engelska vb. (böjning en verb interest)From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]
interesting /ˈɪntɹɪstɪŋ/ belangwekkend, interessantFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Interesting /ˈɪntɹɪstɪŋ/ الإهتمامFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
interesting //ˈɪn(t)əɹɛstɪŋ// //ˈɪntəɹəstɪŋ// //ˈɪntɹəstɪŋ// //ˈɪntɹɛstɪŋ// //ˈɪntɹɪstɪŋ//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]интере́сен, интересен arousing or holding the attention
interesting /ˈɪntɹɪstɪŋ/ zajímavýFrom Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]
interesting /ˈɪntɹɪstɪŋ/ diddorolFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
interesting /ˈɪntɹɛstɪŋ/ InteresseFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ], Bedeutung , Anteil see: of no interest
interesting /ˈɪntɹɛstɪŋ/ interessantFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]"by far the most interesting technical innovation" - die bei weitem interessanteste technische Innovation "the most interesting aspects of this report" - das Interessanteste an diesem Bericht see: more interesting, most interesting
interesting /ˈɪntɹɛstɪŋ/ interessierend see: interest, interestedFrom English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]
interesting /ˈɪntɹɪstɪŋ/ ενδιαφέρωνFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
interesting //ˈɪn(t)əɹɛstɪŋ// //ˈɪntəɹəstɪŋ// //ˈɪntɹəstɪŋ// //ˈɪntɹɛstɪŋ// //ˈɪntɹɪstɪŋ//From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 : [ freedict:eng-fra ]mielenkiintoinen, kiinnostava, kiintoisa arousing or holding the attention
interesting /intrəstiŋ/ 1. intéressant 2. curieux, singulierFrom English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
interesting /ˈɪntɹɪstɪŋ/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. रोचक "Arthur Hailey's novels are interesting."
interesting /ˈɪntɹɪstɪŋ/ interesantan, interesantne, zanimljiv, zanimljivih, zanimljivo, zanimljivomFrom English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
interesting /ˈɪntɹɪstɪŋ/ érdekesFrom English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-ind ]
interesting //ˈɪn(t)əɹɛstɪŋ// //ˈɪntəɹəstɪŋ// //ˈɪntɹəstɪŋ// //ˈɪntɹɛstɪŋ// //ˈɪntɹɪstɪŋ//From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 : [ freedict:eng-ita ]menarik arousing or holding the attention
interesting /ˈɪntɹɪstɪŋ/ interessanteFrom English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]
interesting //ˈɪn(t)əɹɛstɪŋ// //ˈɪntəɹəstɪŋ// //ˈɪntɹəstɪŋ// //ˈɪntɹɛstɪŋ// //ˈɪntɹɪstɪŋ//From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 : [ freedict:eng-lit ]面白い, 興味深い arousing or holding the attention
interesting /ıntrıstıŋ/From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-nld ]įdomus
interesting /intrəstiŋ/ 1. belangwekkend, interessant 2. curieus, typisch, vreemd, vreemdsoortigFrom English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
interesting /ˈɪntrəstɪŋ/From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]interesujący
interesting /intrəstiŋ/ 1. interessante 2. curisoso, notável, singularFrom English-Russian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 : [ freedict:eng-rus ]
interesting /intrəstiŋ/ интересныйFrom English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 : [ freedict:eng-spa ]
interesting /intrəstiŋ/ interesanteFrom English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
interesting //ˈɪn(t)əɹɛstɪŋ// //ˈɪntəɹəstɪŋ// //ˈɪntɹəstɪŋ// //ˈɪntɹɛstɪŋ// //ˈɪntɹɪstɪŋ//From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]intressant arousing or holding the attention
interesting /ˈɪntɹɪstɪŋ/ 1. enteresan, dikkate değer, çekici. interestingly alâka uyandıracak surette.From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈɪntɝəstɪŋ/, /ˈɪntɝɪstɪŋ/, /ˈɪntɹəstɪŋ/, /ˈɪntɹɪstɪŋ/
71 Moby Thesaurus words for "interesting": absorbing, alluring, appealing, appetizing, attractive, beguiling, bewitching, blandishing, cajoling, captivating, catching, charismatic, charming, coaxing, come-hither, compelling, coquettish, enchanting, engaging, engrossing, enravishing, enthralling, enticing, entrancing, exciting, exotic, fascinating, fetching, flirtatious, glamorous, gripping, hypnotic, intriguing, inviting, irresistible, juicy, lively, mesmeric, mouth-watering, piquant, prepossessing, provocative, provoking, provoquant, racy, ravishing, readable, rich, riveting, seducing, seductive, siren, sirenic, spellbinding, spellful, spicy, stimulating, succulent, taking, tantalizing, teasing, tempting, thought-challenging, thought-inspiring, thought-provoking, tickling, titillating, titillative, winning, winsome, witchingFrom Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
a. 有趣的;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
a. 有趣味的