Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to intrigue
Participle: intrigued
Gerund: intriguing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | intrigue |
| you | intrigue |
| he;she;it | intrigues |
| we | intrigue |
| you | intrigue |
| they | intrigue |
Perfect
| I | have intrigued |
| you | have intrigued |
| he;she;it | has intrigued |
| we | have intrigued |
| you | have intrigued |
| they | have intrigued |
Past
| I | intrigued |
| you | intrigued |
| he;she;it | intrigued |
| we | intrigued |
| you | intrigued |
| they | intrigued |
Pluperfect
| I | had intrigued |
| you | had intrigued |
| he;she;it | had intrigued |
| we | had intrigued |
| you | had intrigued |
| they | had intrigued |
Future
| I | will intrigue |
| you | will intrigue |
| he;she;it | will intrigue |
| we | will intrigue |
| you | will intrigue |
| they | will intrigue |
Future Perfect
| I | will have intrigued |
| you | will have intrigued |
| he;she;it | will have intrigued |
| we | will have intrigued |
| you | will have intrigued |
| they | will have intrigued |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | intrigue |
| you | intrigue |
| he;she;it | intrigue |
| we | intrigue |
| you | intrigue |
| they | intrigue |
Perfect
| I | have intrigued |
| you | have intrigued |
| he;she;it | have intrigued |
| we | have intrigued |
| you | have intrigued |
| they | have intrigued |
Imperfect
| I | intrigued |
| you | intrigued |
| he;she;it | intrigued |
| we | intrigued |
| you | intrigued |
| they | intrigued |
Pluperfect
| I | had intrigued |
| you | had intrigued |
| he;she;it | had intrigued |
| we | had intrigued |
| you | had intrigued |
| they | had intrigued |
Conditional
Present
| I | would intrigue |
| you | would intrigue |
| he;she;it | would intrigue |
| we | would intrigue |
| you | would intrigue |
| they | would intrigue |
Perfect
| I | would have intrigued |
| you | would have intrigued |
| he;she;it | would have intrigued |
| we | would have intrigued |
| you | would have intrigued |
| they | would have intrigued |
Imperative
| you | intrigue |
| we | Let's intrigue |
| you | intrigue |
Verbs conjugated like 'intrigue'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'intrigue'
entrigue,
antique,
brigue,
fatigue,
infringe,
ingrieve,
inleague,
inrage,
intangle,
intice,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to arouse interest
- allure, arrest, attract, becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, charm, court, delight, draw, enchant, engage, enrapture, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, hypnotize, interest, mesmerize, pull, pull in, sirenize, spellbind, tempt, tole
- fascinate
- puzzle, charm, delight, captivate, thrill, please, perplex, arouse
Antonyms
- fascinate
- horrify, disgust, repel, frighten
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1612, "to trick, deceive, cheat," from Fr.
intriguer, from It.
intrigare "to plot, meddle," from L.
intricare "entangle" (see intricate). Meaning "to plot or scheme" first recorded 1714. The noun is from 1647.
Intriguing "exciting interest" is from 1909.
2. Borrowed from French intrigue, from Italian intricare, from Latin intrīcō (“to entangle, perplex, embarrass”). Doublet of intricate. See: Italian '
intricare', Latin '
intrīcō'.
Verbs referencing "intrigue"
Spanish
intrincar, Ido intrigar.
Sample Sentences
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Scenic illusions such as those caused by the haze, or the apparent diminution of scale where everything was enormous, intrigued Dutton. [1954, Wallace Stegner, Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West, Houghton Mifflin, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 170:]
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These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story. And, on top of all that, they are ornaments; they entice and intrigue and sometimes delight. [2012 March, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2013, page 106:]
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And as wililye as thoſe ſhrewes that beguyle hym haue holpe hym to inuolue and intryke the matter: I ſhall vſe ſo playn and open a way therin, that euery man ſhall well ſee the trouth. [1533 (date written), Thomas More, “The Debellacyon of Salem and Bizance […]. Chapter XVIJ.”, in Wyllyam Rastell [i.e., William Rastell], editor, The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, […], London: […] Iohn Cawod, Iohn Waly, and Richarde Tottell, published 30 April 1557, →OCLC, page 1004, column 2:]
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How doth it [sin] perplex and intrigue the whole course of your lives! [c. 1681, John Scott, The Christian Life from Its Beginning to Its Consummation in Glory […]:]