interesting : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: interesting	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for interesting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
interesting adj arousing or holding the attention Antonym(s): uninteresting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Interest \In"ter*est\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Interested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Interesting}.] [From interess'd, p. p. of the older form interess, fr. F. int[82]resser, L. interesse. See {Interest}, n.] 1. To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work. To love our native country . . . to be interested in its concerns is natural to all men. --Dryden. A goddess who used to interest herself in marriages. --Addison. 2. To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite; -- often used impersonally. [Obs.] Or rather, gracious sir, Create me to this glory, since my cause Doth interest this fair quarrel. --Ford. 3. To cause or permit to share. [Obs.] The mystical communion of all faithful men is such as maketh every one to be interested in those precious blessings which any one of them receiveth at God's hands. --Hooker. Syn: To concern; excite; attract; entertain; engage; occupy; hold.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Interesting \In"teresting\, a. Engaging the attention; exciting, or adapted to excite, interest, curiosity, or emotion; as, an interesting story; interesting news. --Cowper.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
interesting adj. In hacker parlance, this word has strong connotations of `annoying', or `difficult', or both. Hackers relish a challenge, and enjoy wringing all the irony possible out of the ancient Chinese curse "May you live in interesting times". Oppose {trivial}, {uninteresting}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
interesting In hacker parlance, this word has strong connotations of "annoying", or "difficult", or both. Hackers relish a challenge, and enjoy wringing all the irony possible out of the ancient Chinese curse "May you live in interesting times". [{Jargon File}]