'Intrigue' definitions:

Definition of 'intrigue'

From: WordNet
noun
A crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends [syn: intrigue, machination]
noun
A clandestine love affair
verb
Cause to be interested or curious [syn: intrigue, fascinate]
verb
Form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner [syn: scheme, intrigue, connive]

Definition of 'Intrigue'

From: GCIDE
  • Intrigue \In*trigue"\ ([i^]n*tr[=e]g"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Intrigued (-tr[=e]gd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Intriguing.] [F. intriguer, OF. intriquer, entriquer; cf. It. intrigare. See Intricate, Extricate.]
  • 1. To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To carry on a secret and illicit love or amour. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Intrigue'

From: GCIDE
  • Intrigue \In*trigue"\, v. t. To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate; to embarrass. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • How doth it [sin] perplex and intrique the whole course of your lives! --Dr. J. Scott. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Intrigue'

From: GCIDE
  • Intrigue \In*trigue"\, n. [Cf. F. intrique. See Intrigue, v. i.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. Intricacy; complication. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem. [1913 Webster]
  • Busy meddlers with intrigues of state. --Pomfret. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The plot of a play or romance; a complicated scheme of designs, actions, and events. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A secret and illicit love affair between two persons of different sexes; an amour; a liaison. [1913 Webster]
  • The hero of a comedy is represented victorious in all his intrigues. --Swift.
  • Syn: Plot; scheme; conspiracy; machination. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'intrigue'

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Words containing 'Intrigue'