Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A secret or underhand scheme; a plot.
- noun The practice of or involvement in such schemes.
- noun A clandestine love affair.
- intransitive verb To arouse the interest or curiosity of.
- intransitive verb To effect or cause to be accepted or rejected by secret scheming or plotting.
- intransitive verb To engage in secret or underhand schemes; plot.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To entangle; involve; cause to be involved or entangled.
- To plot for: scheme for.
- To practise underhand plotting or scheming; exert secret influence for the accomplishment of a purpose; seek to promote one's aims in devious and clandestine ways.
- To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.
- noun Intricacy; complication; maze.
- noun Secret or underhand plotting or scheming; the exertion of secret influence for the accomplishment of a purpose.
- noun A clandestine plot; a scheme for entangling others, or for gaining an end by the exertion of secret influence: as, to expose an intrigue.
- noun The plot of a play, poem, or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves his imaginary characters.
- noun Clandestine intercourse between a man and a woman; illicit intimacy; a liaison.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate; to embarrass.
- intransitive verb To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice.
- intransitive verb To carry on a secret and illicit love or amour.
- noun obsolete Intricacy; complication.
- noun A complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
- noun The plot of a play or romance; a complicated scheme of designs, actions, and events.
- noun A secret and illicit love affair between two persons of different sexes; an amour; a liaison.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
complicated orclandestine plot orscheme intended to effect some purpose bysecret artifice ;conspiracy ;stratagem . - noun The
plot of aplay ,poem orromance ; the series ofcomplications in which a writer involves their imaginarycharacters . - noun Clandestine
intercourse between persons;illicit intimacy ; aliaison . - verb intransitive To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.
- verb transitive To arouse the
interest of; tofascinate . - verb intransitive To have
clandestine orillicit intercourse .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
- noun a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends
- noun a clandestine love affair
- verb cause to be interested or curious
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Patty and Una are right -- the intrigue is the fact that we see only enough of Kaleb to want more.
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That I saw evidence of what they call intrigue because he said that he had dalliances with other women but he never crossed the ultimate line but he had some physical contact.
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The topic of all this intrigue is the reorganization plan being put together by Superintendent Rudolph F. Crew.
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-: Corporate intrigue is usually harder to follow than journalism.
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The majority of the mystique and intrigue is thrown out the window in favor of surreal visual effects and a conspiracy theory I had trouble buying into.
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All intrigue comes from the impressive cast, not from the actual footage.
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More interested in intrigue and the dark underbelly of the Imperium of Man?
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The only intrigue is that the organization's best offensive prospect, Desmond Jennings, is a center fielder and is nearly ready for the majors.
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[A] tale rich in intrigue and impressive historic detail with abundant wit and humor.
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The majority of the mystique and intrigue is thrown out the window in favor of surreal visual effects and a conspiracy theory I had trouble buying into.
wuwu4u commented on the word intrigue
The wife had discovered that the husband was carrying on an intrigue with a French girl, who had been a governess in their family, and she had announced to her husband that she could not go on living in the same house with him.
September 13, 2007
Louises commented on the word intrigue
See narratively comments.
March 25, 2012
uttarnikhil commented on the word intrigue
. A secret or underhand scheme; a plot.
n. The practice of or involvement in such schemes.
n. A clandestine love affair.
v. To engage in secret or underhand schemes; plot.
v. To effect by secret scheming or plotting.
v. To arouse the interest or curiosity of: Hibernation has long intrigued biologists
August 31, 2013