| Pronunciation: | 'inturisting | ||
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| Matching Terms: | interestingly, interestingly enough, interestingness | ||
 WordNet Dictionary | |||
| Definition: | [adj] arousing or holding the attention | ||
| Synonyms: | absorbing, engrossing, fascinating, gripping, intriguing, newsworthy, riveting, unputdownable | ||
| Antonyms: | uninteresting | ||
| See Also: | exciting, stimulating | ||
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary | |||
| Definition: | \In"ter*est*ing\, a. Engaging the attention; exciting, or adapted to excite, interest, curiosity, or emotion; as, an interesting story; interesting news. --Cowper. | ||
| Computing Dictionary | |||
| Definition: | 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". | ||
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| Related Terms: | 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 | ||
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