interesting
//ˈɪntɹəstɪŋ//
Forms
- Comparative
- more interesting
- Superlative
- most interesting
Definitions
1.Arousing or holding the attention or interest of someone.
- Cricket is not interesting to watch.
- Comics were just another form of entertainment to me, but it got to be more and more interesting every day.
2.Pregnant. (used with situation and condition)
- I’m afraid I seem to make heavy weather of my interesting condition.
- Mrs Lenville (who, as has been before hinted, was in an interesting state) rushed from the rear rank of ladies, and uttering a piercing scream threw herself upon the body.
- I found myself in a fair way of being a mother; and that I might be near my own relations, in such an interesting situation, I and my dear companion departed from H, n, not without great reluctance […].
1.present participle and gerund of interest
Frequency
Overall
Common· #828
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
From interest + -ing.