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intrigue
(/I/n'tr/i/g )

noun (n)

  • a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends(noun.cognition)
    Synonym:
    machination
    source: wordnet30
  • a clandestine love affair(noun.state)
    source: wordnet30
  • Intricacy; complication.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • cause to be interested or curious(verb.stative)
    Synonym:
    fascinate
    source: wordnet30
  • form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner(verb.cognition)
    Synonym:
    connive, scheme
    source: wordnet30
  • To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate; to embarrass.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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