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Adjective
/inˈtrēgiNG/,
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Arousing one's curiosity or interest; fascinating,
  1. Arousing one's curiosity or interest; fascinating
    • - an intriguing story
    • - it's an intriguing possibility
    • - the food is an intriguing combination of German and French

  1. challenging: disturbingly provocative; "an intriguing smile"
  2. capable of arousing interest or curiosity; "our team came up with some most intriguing finds"
  3. (intrigue) cause to be interested or curious
  4. (intrigue) a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends
  5. (intrigue) scheme: form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
  6. (intrigue) a clandestine love affair
  7. Intrigue is a Sámi band formed in 1989 in Kárášjohka Karasjok, Norway, that sings in North Sami and English.
  8. (Intrigue (solitaire)) Intrigue is a solitaire card game which is played using two decks of playing cards. It is similar to another solitaire game of Salic Law, but it also involves the queens and building in the foundations goes both ways.
  9. Causing a desire to know more; mysterious
  10. (intrigue) A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem; The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves his imaginary characters; Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit ...
  11. (Intrigue) (1988) (TV) - Doggett
  12. (Intrigue) (v) : to form such a plot
  13. (intrigue) a. to interest greatly
  14. (Intrigued) arouse the curiosity or interest of, fascinate (here it’s used transitively, but there is actually an intransitive use that means to make secret plans to do something illicit or detrimental to someone; page 198)
  15. (intrigued) to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities.
  16. A prospect who may or may not be good enough to cover punts.