INTRIGUING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intriguing mean? 

• INTRIGUING (adjective)
  The adjective INTRIGUING has 2 senses:

1. disturbingly provocative

2. capable of arousing interest or curiosity

  Familiarity information: INTRIGUING used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTRIGUING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Disturbingly provocative

Synonyms:

challenging; intriguing

Context example:

an intriguing smile

Similar:

provocative (serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Capable of arousing interest or curiosity

Context example:

our team came up with some most intriguing finds

Similar:

interesting (arousing or holding the attention)

 Context examples 

A new view of its intriguing bright spots, located in a crater about 55 miles (90 kilometers) across, shows even more small spots in the crater than were previously visible.

(Ceres Spots Continue to Mystify in Latest Dawn Images, NASA)

One intriguing discovery was that the buried were dressed.

(Hair was dyed for first time as part of funeral rituals, University of Granada)

Romance may come up as a result of the socializing you will be doing this month, and if you are alone, friends may be willing to make an intriguing love connection for you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

"The meaning of what we've discovered is uncertain at this point," Yewdell says, but we have an intriguing hypothesis.

(Genes Can be Read in Different Ways, NIH, US)

The possibility that oral Bacillus might be an effective alternative to antibiotic treatment for some conditions is scientifically intriguing.

(Study finds probiotic Bacillus eliminates Staphylococcus bacteria, National Institutes of Health)

If confirmed, the nature of an outer belt is intriguing, given its very cold environment far from a star that is cooler and fainter than the Sun.

(ALMA Discovers Cold Dust Around Nearest Star, ESO)

These intriguing results in an animal model show that the interplay of total caloric intake and the length of feeding and fasting periods deserves a closer look.

(Longer daily fasting times improve health and longevity, National Institutes of Health)

After spending more than a month in orbit on the dark side of dwarf planet Ceres, NASA's Dawn spacecraft has captured several views of the sunlit north pole of this intriguing world.

(Dawn Glimpses Ceres' North Pole, NASA)

The new images show scenes from high above Saturn's northern hemisphere, including the planet's intriguing hexagon-shaped jet stream.

(Over Saturn's Turbulent North, NASA)

"The bright spot seen in the MARSIS data is an unusual feature and extremely intriguing," said Jim Green, NASA's chief scientist.

(Possible Subsurface Lake near Martian South Pole, NASA)