Intrigue definition
A secret love affair.
noun
To engage in secret or underhand schemes; plot.
verb
(archaic) To trick or perplex.
verb
The definition of an intrigue is something that is done secretly through plotting.
An example of intrigue is the story of two famous lovers played out in a gossip magazine.
noun
Intrigue is defined as to do something that gets another person interested.
An example of intrigue is a man and woman having a conversation at a bar that makes them want to know more about each other.
verb
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A clandestine love affair.
noun
A secret or underhand scheme; a plot.
noun
The practice of or involvement in such schemes.
Seized the throne by intrigue.
noun
To effect or cause to be accepted or rejected by secret scheming or plotting.
verb
To carry on a secret love affair.
verb
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An intriguing; secret or underhanded plotting.
noun
A secret or underhanded plot or scheme; machination.
noun
A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
noun
The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters.
noun
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(intransitive) To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.
verb
To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate.
verb
To bring on, or get, by secret or underhanded plotting.
verb
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To arouse the interest or curiosity of.
Hibernation has long intrigued biologists.
verb
To plot or scheme secretly or underhandedly.
verb
To excite the interest or curiosity of; fascinate.
The puzzle intrigued her.
verb
(obs.) To entangle.
verb
Alternative Forms
Alternative Form of intrigue -
entrigue
Origin of intrigue
- From French intriguer to plot from Italian intrigare to plot from Latin intrīcāre to entangle intricate
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Wiktionary