Synonyms for intriguing
in·trigu·ing

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1. intriguingadjective

   Synonyms:
   fascinating, attractive, interesting

2. intriguingadjective

   Causing a desire to know more; mysterious.

   Synonyms:
   attractive, fascinating, interesting

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1. intriguing

   Synonyms:
   adroit, artful, crafty, cunning, deceitful, designing, diplomatic, foxy, insincere, knowing, maneuvering, sharp, shrewd, sly, subtle, tricky, wily

   Antonyms:
   aboveboard, artless, candid, fair, frank, guileless, honest, impartial, ingenuous, innocent, naive, open, simple, sincere, straightforward, transparent, truthful, unbiased, unprejudiced, unreserved, unsophisticated

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1. challenging, intriguingadjective

   disturbingly provocative

   "an intriguing smile"

   Synonyms:
   challenging, ambitious, thought-provoking

   Antonyms:
   unprovocative, unprovoking, uninteresting

2. intriguingadjective

   capable of arousing interest or curiosity

   "our team came up with some most intriguing finds"

   Synonyms:
   challenging

   Antonyms:
   uninteresting, unprovoking, unprovocative

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1. intriguingadjective

   Synonyms:
   cunning, crafty, artful, sly, wily, astute, subtle, insidious, designing, arch, deceitful, trickish, TRICKY, crooked, diplomatic, politic, foxy, snaky, machiavelian

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1. intriguingadjective

   Synonyms:
   scheming, machiavelian, wily

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1. List of paraphrases for "intriguing":

   fascinating, enigmatic, puzzling, interesting, exciting, mysterious, riveting

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How to use intriguing in a sentence?

1. Joyce Carol Oates:

   If you explore beneath shyness or party chit-chat, you can sometimes turn a dull exchange into an intriguing one. I've found this to be particularly true in the case of professors or intellectuals, who are full of fascinating information, but need encouragement before they'll divulge it.

2. Alon Orstein:

   We were very interested in how we could do something truly different in the love and relationship space, the notion of this 90-day ticking clock for a major, life-changing decision was intriguing to us. While many of the shows in this genre at the time were produced in a manufactured setting, we were drawn to the real-life roller coaster journeys of these couples and their impending deadlines.

3. Dean Lomax:

   The most intriguing feature of our footprint is a long portion preserved at the back of the foot, which is an impression of what we call the metapodium, the presence of this might suggest our large meat-eater was squatting down in the mud, before standing up and walking away. It’s fun to think this dinosaur might well have been strolling along a muddy coastal plain one lazy Sunday afternoon in the Jurassic.

4. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   The creator created women to control those wild, uncontrollable, intriguing men.

5. Prince Charles:

   Kristen can be many things, and she can be very mysterious and very fragile an ultimately very strong as well, which is what we need, the combination of those elements made me think of her. The way she responded to the script and how she is approaching the character, it's very beautiful to see. I think she's going to do something stunning and intriguing at the same time. She is this force of nature.