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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No-one under the age of 40 is likely to believe this but there was a time when the UUP was interesting.
From BBC
“It’s more interesting to write about something I’m torn about,” Shriver told me.
It’s a really interesting feeling because obviously it’s been so long, something that I thought I was done with, in a way, so it feels good.
From Los Angeles Times
Yet this novel is more interesting when it explores the freakier aspects of the alien’s presence: Every evening at around the same time, local oldsters with dementia become briefly lucid.
Her big toenail had turned an interesting green-black and fallen off.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
