What does intrigued mean?
Word: Intrigued
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Intrigued means very interested in something because it is unusual or mysterious, and wanting to know more.
Synonyms: curious, interested, absorbed
Antonyms: bored, uninterested, indifferent
Word origin: Comes through French from an Italian verb meaning 'to tangle', from Latin intricare.
How do you spell intrigued?
Syllables: in - trigued
Tricky part: The ee sound in the middle is spelt with a plain i, as in police and machine.
Watch out for: intreegued, intrygued
Memory tip: French gave English this word, and French writes this long ee sound with a single i, as English still does in police and machine.
Intrigued in a sentence
Example 1: We found an old map inside Grandpa's trunk, and all of us were intrigued.
Example 2: Meera was intrigued to learn that an octopus has three hearts.
Example 3: The scientist was intrigued by the strange green light over the lake.
Fun Fact
The Latin verb intricare, to entangle, also gave English the word intricate, meaning full of small, complicated details.
Practise the CREST Way
Spellacadabra
Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:
intrig____
a) ued
b) eud
c) ed
d) ude
Show answer
a) ued. Intrigue keeps its silent ue, and the past form simply adds d.
Word Tally
How many words are misspelt in the given sentence?
The whole class was intrigued by the anouncement that an astronaut would visit the school and answer questions about life in space.
a) 0
b) 2
c) 1
d) 3
Show answer
c) 1. Only announcement is wrong; it needs a double n, like announce.
Word Puzzle
Match the words with the correct options:
1. intrigued 2. irritated 3. exhausted a. fascinated b. worn out c. annoyed
a) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b
b) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c
c) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b
d) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a
Show answer
c) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b. Intrigued is close to fascinated, irritated to annoyed, and exhausted to worn out.
Word Champ
Choose the correct word for the blank:
Tourists at the old fort were ________ by a tiny door hidden behind the staircase.
a) indebted
b) intrigued
c) intruded
d) insulted
Show answer
b) intrigued. A hidden door makes people curious; intruded, insulted and indebted do not fit after were and before by a door.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the most probable reason a class would feel intrigued?
a) a stranger left a riddle on the board
b) the bell rang at the usual time
c) the fan was switched on
d) the lesson repeated last week's work
Show answer
a) a stranger left a riddle on the board
2. A reader intrigued by the opening chapter tends to ____.
a) give the book away
b) keep turning the pages
c) close the book at once
d) fall asleep quickly
Show answer
b) keep turning the pages
