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Synonyms for intrigue
ɪnˈtrig; ˈɪn trig
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Princeton's WordNet
intrigue, machination(noun)
a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends
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machinationintrigue(verb)
a clandestine love affair
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machinationintrigue, fascinate(verb)
cause to be interested or curious
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beguile, enamour, entrance, capture, spellbind, fascinate, enchant, charm, catch, scheme, bewitch, becharm, trance, transfix, connive, grip, enamor, captivatescheme, intrigue, connive(verb)
form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
intrigue
Synonyms:
cabal, plot, conspiracy, machination, artifice, design, manoeuvres, cunning, duplicity, trickery, chicanery, love affair, amour, ruseAntonyms:
insurrection, rebellion, congress, assembly, force, violence, assault, openness, candor, sincerity, honesty, probity, straightforwardness
Dictionary of English Synonymes
intrigue(n.)
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plot, conspiracy, cabal, machination, stratagem, manuvre, wile, finesse, ruseintrigue(n.)
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amour, love affairintrigue(v. n.)
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manuvre, form plotsintrigue(v. n.)
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carry on an amour
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
intrigue(n)
Synonyms:
conspiracy, machination, cabal, plot, amour (illicit love affair), liaisonintrigue(v)
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List of paraphrases for "intrigue":
Words popularity by usage frequency
rank | word | |
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#245 | design | |
#2803 | scheme | |
#3635 | catch | |
#3870 | plot | |
#4006 | capture | |
#5207 | entrance | |
#5938 | charm | |
#7245 | grip | |
#7715 | trance | |
#8483 | conspiracy | |
#22090 | amour | |
#23092 | intrigue | |
#26623 | cunning | |
#38154 | cabal | |
#43818 | ruse | |
#45134 | artifice | |
#53037 | enchant | |
#53095 | captivate | |
#56510 | trickery | |
#61387 | manoeuvres | |
#69173 | duplicity | |
#79233 | fascinate | |
#125789 | chicanery | |
#145095 | beguile | |
#239588 | bewitch | |
#265061 | connive | |
#286612 | machination |
How to use intrigue in a sentence?
It's very interesting to me that we have just discovered a super-Earth right up against that boundary, the fact that the planet is rocky and in its star's habitable zone also raises its intrigue, because we may now have a planet suitable for the search for life as well.
Error always addresses the passions and prejudices; truth scorns such mean intrigue, and only addresses the understanding and the conscience.
Every king sleeps, but not every king wakes up as king! The snakes of the intrigue crawl around during the night! The cleverest king is the least sleeping king!
I think there's obviously some modest intrigue because, you know, most members offices are cream walls.
Muhammadiyah is now in the middle of a struggle between a capitalist economic system and a socialist economic system, the world will not reach peace and prosperity through political intrigue, but rather through economic balance.
Translations for intrigue
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- دسيسةArabic
- intrigar, intrigaCatalan, Valencian
- intrigeDanish
- intrigieren, Intrige, IntrigenGerman
- intrigiEsperanto
- intrigaSpanish
- فتنهPersian
- intrigoida, juonitella, salajuoni, juoniFinnish
- intrigue, intriguer, conspirerFrench
- साज़िHindi
- áskálódik, cselszövés, cselt sző, intrika, áskálódás, intrikál, ármány, ármánykodikHungarian
- intrikIndonesian
- 陰謀Japanese
- intrige, intrigerenDutch
- intrygaPolish
- интригаRussian
- spletkaSerbo-Croatian
- intrigera, intrigSwedish
- entrikaTurkish
- інтригаUkrainian
- 诡计Chinese
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