interesting
Usage
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Something that is interesting occupies the mind with no connotation of pleasure or displeasure: an interesting account of a battle. Something that is pleasing engages the mind favorably: a pleasing account of the wedding. Something that is gratifying fulfills expectations, requirements, etc.: a gratifying account of his whereabouts; a book gratifying in its detail.
Example Sentences
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The recordings were just as funny and weird and interesting as I remembered them; they didn’t seem dated, they didn’t seem superfluous, they weren’t something I was going to grow out of.
From Salon
“Approach those people and say, ‘Today, we’re going to be talking about X, and I know you have a lot of interesting thoughts on that.
She’s rooting around in archives and old papers — she just makes anything interesting.
From Los Angeles Times
"In the scanner we got a really interesting pattern of activation," says Prof Scott.
From BBC
“There were files and files of photographs and employee newsletters — all sorts of weird and interesting things,” Morris says.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
