INTERESTING • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Interesting

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/ˈɪntrəstɪŋ/ /ˈɪntrɪstɪŋ/ /ˈɪntərəstɪŋ/ /ˈɪntərɪstɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Interest v. t. (past & past part. interested; pres. part. interesting)

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." "A goddess who used to interest herself in marriages."

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."

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."

Synonyms: To concern; excite; attract; entertain; engage; occupy; hold.

adjective

Interesting adj. Engaging the attention; exciting, or adapted to excite, interest, curiosity, or emotion; as, an interesting story; interesting news.

See images of 'Interesting'

Etymology of 'Interesting'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

Share |

"Interesting" Quotes from Famous Books

... with this publication which is interesting. When I arrived in New York, I had only three days in which to have the book printed in order to secure the copyright before Good Words published the novel as its Christmas annual in its entirety. I tried Messrs. Harper & Brothers, and several other publishers by turn, but none of them ...

— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker

... tells me that the Malay proverbs are remarkably numerous and interesting. To me the interest of them lies chiefly in their resemblance to the ideas gathered up in the proverbs of ourselves and the Japanese.* [*Mr. Maxwell has since published a paper on Malay proverbs in the Transactions of the Straits branch of the ...

— The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither • Isabella L. Bird (Mrs. Bishop)

... one of the company. "Well, that is more interesting to J. Quincy than if the railroad had come. They are hated rivals. Since J. Quincy has taken to writing editorials on Terpy, Bill says there ain't no show for him. He threatened to kill Terp, ...

— Gordon Keith • Thomas Nelson Page

... Henry's repairing to the church to offer thanks, but omits the picturesque circumstance of his going thither barefoot, and passes over his entrance into the town in the briefest possible manner. It is an interesting proof of Shakespeare's dependence upon the chronicler to find him equally ignoring any solemn entry or ...

— The Battaile of Agincourt • Michael Drayton

... Thousand Miles' Travel among the Indians, from South to North Carolina", is a work equally rare and interesting. This unfortunate man fell a victim to his official duties. He was confounded, by the savages, with the government which he represented, and sacrificed to their fury, under the charge of depriving them, by his surveys, of their land. He was made captive with the Baron ...

— A New Voyage to Carolina • John Lawson

More quotes...