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6 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Interest \In"ter*est\, verb (used with an object) [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}, noun]
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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Interesting \In"ter*est*ing\, adjective Engaging the attention; exciting, or adapted to excite, interest, curiosity, or emotion; as, an interesting story; interesting news. --Cowper.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
interesting
adjective: arousing or holding the attention [ant: {uninteresting}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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, witching
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:
interesting adjective 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 The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
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}]
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