INTERESTING

Meaning of INTERESTING in English

In hacker parlance, this word has strong connotations of "annoying", or "difficult", or both. Hackers relish a challenge, and enjoy wringing all the irony possible out of the ancient Chinese curse "May you live in interesting times".

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INTERESTING — adjective Etymology: from present participle of interest (II) 1. obsolete : of concern : important 2. : engaging the attention …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INTERESTING — (a.) Engaging the attention; exciting, or adapted to excite, interest, curiosity, or emotion; as, an interesting story; interesting news.
Английский словарь Webster
INTERESTING — ( a. ) Engaging the attention; exciting, or adapted to excite, interest, curiosity, or emotion; as, an interesting story; interesting …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
INTERESTING — — interestingly , adv. — interestingness , n. /in"teuhr euh sting, -treuh sting, -teuh res'ting/ , adj. 1. engaging or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INTERESTING — p.pr. & ·vb.n. of interest. 2. interesting ·adj engaging the attention; exciting, or adapted to excite, interest, curiosity, or emotion; …
Webster English vocab
INTERESTING — interesting BrE AmE ˈɪntr əst ɪŋ -ɪst-, -est-; ˈɪnt ə rest ɪŋ ˈɪn t̬ ə rest ɪŋ ▷ interesting|ly li
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
INTERESTING — / ˈɪntrəstɪŋ; NAmE ; -trest-/ adjective interesting (to do sth) | interesting (that ... ) attracting your attention because it …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INTERESTING — in ‧ terest ‧ ing S1 W2 /ˈɪntrəstɪŋ, ˈɪntrɪstɪŋ/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: adverb : ↑ interestingly , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
INTERESTING — adj. causing curiosity; holding the attention. øin an interesting condition archaic pregnant. øøinterestingly adv. interestingness n.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
INTERESTING — adj. causing curiosity; holding the attention. in an interesting condition archaic pregnant. interestingly adv. interestingness n.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
INTERESTING — adj. causing curiosity; holding the attention. Phrases and idioms: in an interesting condition archaic pregnant. Derivatives: interestingly adv. interestingness n.
Oxford English vocab
INTERESTING — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. If you find something interesting , it …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INTERESTING — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a good/excellent/interesting article ▪ There was an interesting article on Russia in the paper today. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
INTERESTING — [adjective]She's quite an interesting woman.There's an interesting looking TV documentary tonight on John F Kennedy.She's got some very interesting things …
Cambridge English vocab
INTERESTING — adj. VERBS ▪ appear , be , look , seem , sound ▪ become , get ▪ prove ▪ So …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
INTERESTING — INDEX: 1. something that makes you feel interested 2. so interesting that you cannot stop watching, reading etc 3. an …
Longman Activator English vocab
INTERESTING — See ↑ INTERESTING 1,3,4,5 ◆◆◆ • ↑ find sth interesting • ↑ make interesting reading • ↑ make sth more …
Longman Activator English vocab
INTERESTING — adj. absorbing, engaging, gripping, riveting, engrossing, attractive, compelling, intriguing, provocative, stimulating, exciting, inviting, fascinating, enchanting, spellbinding, captivating Nick has just …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
INTERESTING — In hacker parlance, this word has strong connotations of `annoying', or `difficult', or both. Hackers relish a challenge, and enjoy …
Jargon File English vocabulary
INTERESTING — adjective BAD : I was interesting to hear she had got married. GOOD : I was interested to hear she …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
INTERESTING — прил. интересный (for; to ) highly interesting ≈ очень интересный He's interesting to watch. ≈ За ним интересно наблюдать. It's …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
INTERESTING — a интересный, вызывающий интерес, занимательный interesting face - интересное лицо interesting news - интересные /любопытные/ новости interesting joke /anecdote/ - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
INTERESTING — interesting прил.интересный ( for; to) highly interesting — очень интересный He's interesting to watch. — За ним интересно наблюдать. It's …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
INTERESTING — a интересный, вызывающий интерес, занимательный interesting face - интересное лицо interesting news - интересные /любопытные/ новости interesting joke /anecdote/ - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
INTERESTING — прил. интересный ( for; to ) highly interesting — очень интересный He's interesting to watch. — За ним интересно наблюдать. …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
INTERESTING — прил. интересный (for; to) highly interesting — очень интересный He's interesting to watch. — За ним интересно наблюдать. It's interesting that the incident was …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
INTERESTING — _a. интересный; to be in an interesting condition - _эвф. быть в интересном положении
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
INTERESTING — a. интересный; to be in an interesting condition - эвф. быть в интересном положении
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
INTERESTING — 1. _pres-p. от interest 2 2. _a. интересный; to be in an interesting condition _эвф. быть в интересном положении
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
INTERESTING — прил. интересный (for; to ) highly interesting ≈ очень интересный He's interesting to watch. ≈ За ним интересно наблюдать. It's …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
INTERESTING — kawili-wili;makapaikag
English-Visayan vocabulary
INTERESTING — adjective Date: 1768 holding the attention ; arousing interest, ~ness noun
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
INTERESTING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interest
Английский словарь Webster
INTERESTING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Interest
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
INTERESTING — adj. arousing curiosity, fascinating, engaging attention
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
INTERESTING — adjective Date: 1768 : holding the attention : arousing interest • in·ter·est·ing·ness noun
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
INTERESTING — adj. Pronunciation: ' in-t( ə -)r ə s-ti ŋ ; ' in-t ə - ˌ res-, ' in- ˌ tres-; …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
INTERESTING — ■ adjective arousing curiosity or interest. Phrases in an ~ condition archaic, euphemistic pregnant. Derivatives ~ly adverb ~ness noun
Concise Oxford English vocab
INTERESTING — [in.ter.est.ing] adj (1768): holding the attention: arousing interest -- in.ter.est.ing.ness n
Merriam-Webster English vocab
INTERESTING — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. If you find something ~, it attracts …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
INTERESTING — Synonyms and related words : absorbing, alluring, appealing, appetizing, attractive, beguiling, bewitching, blandishing, cajoling, captivating, catching, charismatic, charming, coaxing, come-hither, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
INTERESTING — a. Engaging, attractive, pleasing, entertaining.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
INTERESTING — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
INTERESTING — adj. 25B6; adjective ABSORBING, engrossing, fascinating, riveting, gripping, compelling, compulsive, captivating, engaging, enthralling; appealing, attractive; amusing, entertaining, stimulating, thought-provoking, diverting, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
INTERESTING — adj. 1) highly ~ 2) ~ for; to 3) ~ to + inf. (he's ~ to watch = it's ~ …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
INTERESTING — Интересный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
INTERESTING — 1) занимательный 2) занятный 3) интересный 4) интересующий 5) содержательный
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
INTERESTING — (a) интересный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
INTERESTING — a интересный, вызывающий интерес, занимательный ~ face - интересное лицо ~ news - интересные /любопытные/ новости ~ joke /anecdote/ - …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
INTERESTING — adj. интересный, занятный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
INTERESTING — adj. интересный, занятный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
INTERESTING — Интересный
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
INTERESTING — [adj.] интересный
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
INTERESTING — a интересный
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
INTERESTING — интересный
English-Russian Online Dictionary
INTERESTING — интересный
English-Russian vocab
INTERESTING — интересно интересный интересоваться
Англо-Русский словарь

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