Meaning

4 senses
  1. (intransitive)To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.

    intrigieren

    стро́ить ко́зниstróitʹ kózni, замышля́тьzamyšljátʹ, замы́слитьzamýslitʹ

  2. (transitive)To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.

    faszinieren

    интригова́тьintrigovátʹ, заинтригова́тьzaintrigovátʹ, интересова́тьinteresovátʹ

  3. (intransitive)To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.

  4. (transitive)To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate.

More definitions
  • cause to be interested or curious
  • form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

Examples

197 sentences
  1. Tom was intrigued by the idea.

    Том був заінтригований ідеєю.

    ruТом был заинтригован идеей.

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  2. I know that Tom is intrigued.

    Я знаю, що Том заінтригований.

    ruЯ знаю, что Том заинтригован.

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  3. Tom and Mary are intrigued.

    Том та Мері заінтриговані.

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  4. Tom is more than intrigued.

    Том більше ніж заінтригований.

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  5. That is intriguing.

    Це інтригує.

    ruЭто интересно.

    deDas macht neugierig.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to plan:
to arouse interest:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to plan:
to arouse interest:

Origin

Borrowed from French intrigue, from Italian intricare, from Latin intrīcō (“to entangle, p

Borrowed from French intrigue, from Italian intricare, from Latin intrīcō (“to entangle, perplex, embarrass”). Doublet of intricate.

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Forms

intrigues, intriguing, intrigued, intrigued
Base formintrigue · to intrigue
3rd person singularintrigues
Present participleintriguing
Past simpleintrigued
Past participleintrigued

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyintrigue
he, she, itintrigues

Past simpleLesson

all personsintrigued

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave intrigued
he, she, ithas intrigued

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill intrigue

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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