intrigue
[verb]
Synonyms:
- interest, attract, fascinate, rivet, titillate
- plot, connive, conspire, machinate, manoeuvre, scheme
[noun]
Synonyms:
- plot, chicanery, collusion, conspiracy, machination, manoeuvre, scheme, stratagem, wile
- affair, amour, intimacy, liaison, romance

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. in‧trigue¹ /ɪnˈtriːɡ/ verb
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: intriguer, from Italian intrigare, from Latin intricare; ⇒ intricate]

1. [transitive] if something intrigues you, it interests you a lot because it seems strange or mysterious:
Other people’s houses always intrigued her.

2. [intransitive] formal to make secret plans to harm someone or make them lose their position of power
intrigue against
While King Richard was abroad, the barons had been intriguing against him.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. in‧trigue² /ˈɪntriːɡ/ noun
[uncountable and countable] the making of secret plans to harm someone or make them lose their position of power, or a plan of this kind:
It’s an exciting story of political intrigue and murder.
a web of intrigue (=complicated set of secret plans)
intrigue of
the political intrigues of the capital

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

intrigue
noun
ADJ. international, political | court a tale of treachery and court intrigue
VERB + INTRIGUE carry on, engage in
PREP. ~ against The prime minister engaged in political intrigues against the king.
PHRASES a web of intrigue

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