interesting
(adjective) arousing or holding the attention
Source: WordNet® 3.1
interesting (comparative more interesting, superlative most interesting)
(obsolete) Of concern; affecting, important.
Arousing or holding the attention or interest of someone.
(euphemistic) strange or unusual, in a negative sense.
• absorbing
• uninteresting
• boring
interesting
present participle of interest
Source: Wiktionary
In"ter*est*ing, a.
Definition: Engaging the attention; exciting, or adapted to excite, interest, curiosity, or emotion; as, an interesting story; interesting news. Cowper.
In"ter*est, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interested; p. pr. & vb. n. Interesting.] Etym: [From interess'd, p. p. of the older form interess, fr. F. intéresser, L. interesse. See Interest, n.]
1. 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. Dryden. A goddess who used to interest herself in marriages. Addison.
2. 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. Ford.
3. 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. Hooker.
Syn.
– To concern; excite; attract; entertain; engage; occupy; hold.
In"ter*est, n. Etym: [OF. interest, F. intérêt, fr. L. interest it interests, is of interest, fr. interesse to be between, to be difference, to be importance; inter between + esse to be; cf. LL. interesse usury. See Essence.]
1. Excitement of feeling, whether pleasant or painful, accompanying special attention to some object; concern.
Note: Interest expresses mental excitement of various kinds and degrees. It may be intellectual, or sympathetic and emotional, or merely personal; as, an interest in philosophical research; an interest in human suffering; the interest which an avaricious man takes in money getting. So much interest have I in thy sorrow. Shak.
2. Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility; share; portion; part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has parted with his interest in the stocks.
3. Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit. Divisions hinder the common interest and public good. Sir W. Temple. When interest calls of all her sneaking train. Pope.
4. Premium paid for the use of money, -- usually reckoned as a percentage; as, interest at five per cent per annum on ten thousand dollars. They have told their money, and let out Their coin upon large interest. Shak.
5. Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent for what is given or rendered. You shall have your desires with interest. Shak.
6. The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively; as, the iron interest; the cotton interest. Compound interest, interest, not only on the original principal, but also on unpaid interest from the time it fell due.
– Simple interest, interest on the principal sum without interest on overdue interest.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 November 2024
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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