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intrication |
intrigante |
intrigue |
intriguer |
intriguery |
intriguing
| intriguingly
| intrinse
| intrinsic
| intrinsic factor
| intrinsic fraud
intriguing (root: intrigue)
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective intriguing has 2 senses
- intriguing(s = adj.all) challenging - disturbingly provocative; "an intriguing smile"
- intriguing(s = adj.all) Array - capable of arousing interest or curiosity; "our team came up with some most intriguing finds"
THESAURUS
intriguing
Byzantine, Machiavellian, alluring, appealing, appetizing, attractive, beguiling, bewitching, blandishing, cajoling, calculating, captivating, catching, charismatic, charming, coaxing, collusive, come-hither, connivent, conniving, conspiring, contriving, coquettish, delightful, designing, enchanting, engaging, enravishing, enthralling, enticing, entrancing, exciting, exotic, exquisite, fascinating, fetching, flirtatious, glamorous, heart-robbing, hypnotic, interesting, inviting, irresistible, lovely, luxurious, mesmeric, mouth-watering, piquant, plotting, prepossessing, provocative, provoquant, ravishing, scheming, seducing, seductive, sensuous, siren, sirenic, spellbinding, spellful, stratagemical, taking, tantalizing, teasing, tempting, thrilling, tickling, titillating, titillative, up to, voluptuous, winning, winsome, witchingROGET THESAURUS
intriguing
Cunning
N cunning, craft, cunningness, craftiness, subtlety, artificiality, maneuvering, temporization, circumvention, chicane, chicanery, sharp practice, knavery, jugglery, concealment, guile, doubling, duplicity, foul play, diplomacy, politics, Machiavelism, jobbery, backstairs influence, art, artifice, device, machination, plot, maneuver, stratagem, dodge, sidestep, artful dodge, wile, trick, trickery, ruse, ruse de guerre, finesse, side blow, thin end of the wedge, shift, go by, subterfuge, evasion, white lie, juggle, tour de force, tricks of the trade, tricks upon travelers, espieglerie, net, trap, Ulysses, Machiavel, sly boots, fox, reynard, Scotchman, Jew, Yankee, intriguer, intrigant, floater, Indian giver, keener, repeater, cunning, crafty, artful, skillful, subtle, feline, vulpine, cunning as a fox, cunning as a serpent, deep, deep laid, profound, designing, contriving, intriguing, strategic, diplomatic, politic, Machiavelian, timeserving, artificial, tricky, tricksy, wily, sly, slim, insidious, stealthy, underhand, subdolous, deceitful, slippery as an eel, evasive, crooked, arch, pawky, shrewd, acute, sharp, sharp as a tack, sharp as a needle, canny, astute, leery, knowing, up to snuff, too clever by half, not to be caught with chaff, tactful, diplomatic, politic, polite, cunningly, slyly, slily, on the sly, by a side wind, diamond cut diamond, a' bis ou a blanc, fin contre fin, something is rotten in the state of Denmark.
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