interesting
Americanadjective
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engaging or exciting and holding the attention or curiosity.
an interesting book.
- Synonyms:
- entertaining, absorbing
- Antonyms:
- dull
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arousing a feeling of interest.
an interesting face.
idioms
adjective
Usage
What are other ways to say interesting? A person or a thing that is interesting arouses a feeling of curiosity or concern, or is engaging and exciting. But interesting isn’t quite the same as pleasing or gratifying. Find out why on Thesaurus.com.
Other Word Forms
- interestingly adverb
- interestingness noun
- uninteresting adjective
- uninterestingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of interesting
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
But by far, the most interesting food moment of this season hasn’t been the eggs, the turkey or the cold, unspreadable butter.
From Salon
"This really opens the door to finding interesting ways to control how cells interpret stop codons," Nayak said.
From Science Daily
But he added he hoped the new title managed to "redefine survival horror in interesting new ways", while still "respecting the DNA of the series".
From BBC
"In principle, I think that this is not an epoch in which you expect to find many of these objects. It helps to constrain the timescales of bar formation. And it's just really interesting."
From Science Daily
Their updated forecast, when it comes out later this year, should make for interesting reading.
From MarketWatch
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