interested
UK/ˈɪnt.ə.ɹɪs.tɪd//ˈɪnt.əˌɹɛs.tɪd/
interested adjective: having or showing interest (attention or curiosity). Also the simple past and past participle of interest.
Adjective
interested (comparative more interested, superlative most interested)
- Having or showing interest (attention or curiosity).
- I'm very interested in going to see that play.
- Synonyms:
- engaged, engrossed, fascinated, absorbed, bewitched, captivated, enchanted, enthralled, entranced, hypnotized
- Antonyms:
- indifferent, uninterested, adiaphroistic, apathetic, apathistical, blasé, blithe, deaf, cool, shiftless
- Having an interest (stake); being a stakeholder; motivated by considerations of self-interest; self-serving.
- all interested parties [≈ all stakeholders]
- I was even mortified at those instances of his liberality, which my situation compelled me to receive, lest, being but little acquainted with my disposition, he should suspect me of being interested in my love […].1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- egocentric, self-centered, solipsistic, egoistical, every man for himself, idiocentric, individualistic, porkish, reptilian, selfish
- Antonyms:
- disinterested, candid, cold, clinical, detached, egal, equal, equitable, evenhanded, fairhanded
- Owning a share of a company; being a shareholder.
Also used as
interested is also the simple past and past participle of interest.
interested meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Odia
interested in Tamil
- ஆர்வம் கொண்டவர்
interested in Bengali
- আগ্রহী
interested in Malayalam
- താൽപ്പര്യമുള്ള
interested in Odia
- ଆଗ୍ରହୀ
More languagesFewer languages
- interested in Arabic
- مُهْتَمّ muhtamm
- interested in Indonesian
- tertarik
Examples of interested in a sentence
- Little, indeed, do you know his high and generous nature, when you suppose that he could be actuated by an interested motive."1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Disclosure”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn...
- He maintained -- the thought is not unnatural in a royal historiographer -- that the generous actions of great princes are often twisted and misrepresented by interested critics.1982, Peter Partner, The Murdered Magicians: The Templars and Their Myth, Oxford University Press, page 99:
Synonyms of interested
- engaged
- engrossed
- fascinated
- absorbed
- bewitched
- captivated
- enchanted
- enthralled
- entranced
- hypnotized
21 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Antonyms
- indifferent
- uninterested
- adiaphroistic
- apathetic
- apathistical
- blasé
- blithe
- deaf
- cool
- shiftless
10 more antonymsFewer antonyms
Forms of interested
| comparative | more interested |
|---|---|
| superlative | most interested |
Words formed from interested
- disinterested → disinterestedly
- disinterestedness
- I'm not interested
- interestedly
- interestedness
- noninterested
- overinterested
- self-interested
- uninterested → uninterestedly
- uninterestedness
Questions about interested
- What does interested mean?
- Interested means having or showing interest (attention or curiosity).
- What is interested in Tamil?
- Interested in Tamil is ஆர்வம் கொண்டவர். See Interested meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use interested in a sentence?
- Little, indeed, do you know his high and generous nature, when you suppose that he could be actuated by an interested motive."
- What part of speech is interested?
- Interested is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce interested?
- Interested is pronounced /ˈɪnt.ə.ɹɪs.tɪd/ (UK).
Words near interested in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: interested (page history and authors); interested (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); interested (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); interested (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); interested (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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