intrigued
intrigued is the simple past and past participle of intrigue.
Meaning of intrigue
Verb
intrigue (third-person singular simple present intrigues, present participle intriguing, simple past and past participle intrigued)
- To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.
- To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.
- Scenic illusions such as those caused by the haze, or the apparent diminution of scale where everything was enormous, intrigued Dutton.1954, Wallace Stegner, Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West, Houghton Mifflin, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 170
- To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.
- To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate.
- And as wililye as thoſe ſhrewes that beguyle hym haue holpe hym to inuolue and intryke the matter: I ſhall vſe ſo playn and open a way therin, that euery man ſhall well ſee the trouth.1533 (date written), Thomas More, “The Debellacyon of Salem and Bizance […]. Chapter XVIJ.”, in Wyllyam Rastell [i.e., William Rastell], editor, The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, […], London: […]...
Forms of intrigued
| comparative | more intrigued |
|---|---|
| superlative | most intrigued |
Words formed from intrigued
Questions about intrigued
- What is intrigued the simple past and past participle of?
- Intrigued is the simple past and past participle of intrigue.
Words near intrigued in the dictionary
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