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interessed

interessed is the simple past and past participle of interess.

interessed is the misspelling of interested.

Meaning of interess

Verb

interess (third-person singular simple present interesses, present participle interessing, simple past and past participle interessed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) interest

Meaning of interested

Adjective

interested (comparative more interested, superlative most interested)

  1. Having or showing interest (attention or curiosity).
    • I'm very interested in going to see that play.
  2. (uncommon) Having an interest (stake); being a stakeholder; motivated by considerations of self-interest; self-serving.
    • all interested parties [≈ all stakeholders]
    1. (uncommon) Owning a share of a company; being a shareholder.

Questions about interessed

What is interessed the simple past and past participle of?
Interessed is the simple past and past participle of interess.

Words near interessed in the dictionary

  1. interepithelial
  2. interepizootic
  3. interequinoctial
  4. intereruptive
  5. interess
  6. interessed
  7. interessee
  8. interessees
  9. interesses
  10. interessing
  11. interest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: interessed (page history and authors); interess (page history and authors); interested (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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