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interestingadjective
arousing or holding the attention
Antonyms:
irksome, soporific, ho-hum, wearisome, ponderous, tiresome, insipid, putdownable, soporiferous, prosaic, pedestrian, deadening, slow, boring, jejune, tedious, prosy, narcotic, dull, uninteresting, earthbound
How to use interesting in a sentence?
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Debasish Mridha, M.D.:
Hope keeps us alive. Life is interesting because of egocentric hope and lovefull spirit.
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Keith Neal:
It’s an interesting piece of work, but I’m not sure it takes us much further forward.
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Martin Dempsey:
Now isn’t that an interesting decision for elected officials?
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Jenn Matheson:
First and foremost, I think it was an interesting way to examine a topic that we’ve looked at for decades in a slightly new way.
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Lois Boynton:
No one has come up with a magic formula that provides both, from an ethics perspective, there’s something to be said for transparency. By that, I mean being open about how information is gathered and by whom, how it’s being presented – news vs. commentary, for example – why they have selected certain sources, etc. Objectivity is an interesting animal as well.
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interesting
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adjective
Definition of interesting
as in intriguing
holding the attention or provoking interest
an interesting lecture on conflicts in the Middle East since the demise of the Ottoman Empire
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intriguing
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fascinating
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engaging
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exciting
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absorbing
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provocative
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engrossing
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enthralling
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gripping
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amusing
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entertaining
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inspiring
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riveting
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involving
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amazing
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consuming
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unusual
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arresting
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attractive
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immersing
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thrilling
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enchanting
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exhilarating
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striking
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tantalizing
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breathtaking
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surprising
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charming
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curious
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electric
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alluring
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stimulating
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astonishing
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electrifying
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captivating
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wonderful
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galvanizing
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odd
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mesmerizing
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showy
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eventful
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rousing
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bewitching
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stirring
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weird
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wondrous
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emphatic
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spellbinding
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astounding
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marvelous
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marvellous
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hypnotizing
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eye—opening
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fabulous
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splashy
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uninteresting
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boring
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tedious
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dry
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monotonous
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dull
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heavy
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drab
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tiresome
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tiring
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wearisome
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unexciting
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sterile
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discouraging
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wearying
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dreary
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humdrum
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pedantic
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disheartening
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pedestrian
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dispiriting
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demoralizing
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uninteresting
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boring
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tedious
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dry
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monotonous
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dull
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heavy
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drab
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tiresome
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tiring
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wearisome
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unexciting
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sterile
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discouraging
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wearying
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dreary
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humdrum
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pedantic
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interesting
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verb
present participle of interest
as in fascinating
to hold the attention of
the book didn’t interest me, so I ended up watching the parade of people on the sidewalk
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intriguing
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fascinating
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occupying
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immersing
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involving
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engrossing
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attracting
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gripping
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busying
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engaging
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enchanting
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enthralling
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absorbing
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distracting
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bemusing
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charming
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captivating
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preoccupying
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alluring
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mesmerizing
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catching one’s eye
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obsessing
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catching up
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bewitching
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beguiling
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hypnotizing
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enwrapping
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monopolizing
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hogging
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boring
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tiring
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wearying
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jading
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palling
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boring
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tiring
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wearying
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jading
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palling
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an interesting question
an intriguing question
an insightful question
a good question
a thoughtful question
a provocative question
interesting people
noteworthy people
remarkable people
cool people
impressive people
fascinating people
an interesting feature
a curious feature
an useful feature
a neat feature
a cool feature
an impressive feature
interesting work
innovative work
compelling work
impressive work
creative work
unusual work
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Table of Contents
- colorless
- boring
- dull
- dry
- tasteless
- slow
- inactive
- blah
- drab
- dragging
- dreary
- insipid
- monotonous
- pedestrian
- unappetizing
- uneventful
- unexciting
- unimaginative
- wishy-washy
- benumbed
- bland
- distasteful
- humdrum
- prosaic
- tame
- tedious
- tiresome
- unintelligent
- uninteresting
- vapid
- all
- dull, lifeless
- tasteless; undistinctive
- without hue
- tiresome, monotonous
- gloomy, lifeless
- moistureless
- boring, uneventful
- appealing, entertaining
- all the same, remaining the same
- everyday, dull
- behind, late
- dull, stuffy
- domesticated, compliant
- without flavor
- dull, monotonous
- irritating, exasperating
- monotonous, dull
- flat, dull
- Other relevant words
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colorless
- doughy,
- uncolored,
- unmemorable,
- doughier,
- Unpassioned,
- doughiest,
- more achromic,
- more bleached,
- more uncolored,
- more unmemorable,
- more unpassioned,
- most achromic,
- most bleached,
- most uncolored,
- most unmemorable,
- most unpassioned,
- run of the mill,
- un colored,
- un memorable,
- un-memorable,
- washed out.
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boring
- characterless,
- drab,
- dragger,
- lifeless,
- nowhere,
- repetitious,
- unvaried,
- well-worn,
- motheaten,
- bombest,
- draggest,
- in terminable,
- in-terminable,
- inter minable,
- inter-minable,
- more characterless,
- more drudging,
- more nowhere,
- more unvaried,
- more well worn,
- more well-worn,
- more wellworn,
- most characterless,
- most drudging,
- most nowhere,
- most unvaried,
- most well worn,
- most well-worn,
- most wellworn,
- stereo typed,
- stereo-typed,
- un varied,
- un-varied,
- well worn,
- wellworn.
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dull
- dun,
- edentulate,
- edgeless,
- inert,
- matte,
- out-of-date,
- prosy,
- stocker,
- subfusc,
- toothless,
- unexciting,
- unlit,
- unpointed,
- unsharpened,
- yawner,
- Numskulled,
- unintellectual,
- prosier,
- prosiest,
- longwinded,
- wornout,
- oft-repeated,
- not bright,
- be sotted,
- be-sotted,
- big yawn,
- de pressed,
- de-pressed,
- dim witted,
- duner,
- dunest,
- feeble minded,
- in active,
- in different,
- in distinct,
- in sensate,
- in sensible,
- in-active,
- in-different,
- in-distinct,
- in-sensate,
- in-sensible,
- mattest,
- more abused,
- more blunted,
- more driveling,
- more edentate,
- more edentulate,
- more edgeless,
- more muted,
- more numskulled,
- more oft repeated,
- more oft-repeated,
- more oftrepeated,
- more out of date,
- more subfusc,
- more toned down,
- more toned-down,
- more toneddown,
- more turned,
- more unintellectual,
- more unlit,
- more unpointed,
- more unsharpened,
- most abused,
- most blunted,
- most driveling,
- most edentate,
- most edgeless,
- most muted,
- most numskulled,
- most oft repeated,
- most oft-repeated,
- most oftrepeated,
- most softened,
- most subfusc,
- most toned down,
- most toned-down,
- most toneddown,
- most toothless,
- most turned,
- most unintellectual,
- most unlit,
- most unpointed,
- most unsharpened,
- most worn out,
- not keen,
- oft repeated,
- oftrepeated,
- out of date,
- over cast,
- over-cast,
- re gular,
- re-gular,
- simple minded,
- toned-down,
- toneddown,
- un imaginative,
- un inspiring,
- un intellectual,
- un pointed,
- un responsive,
- un sharpened,
- un sympathetic,
- un-imaginative,
- un-intellectual,
- un-pointed,
- un-responsive,
- un-sharpened,
- usual thing,
- without incident,
- yawnest.
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dry
- desiccant,
- dried-up,
- impassive,
- inelaborate,
- juiceless,
- waterless,
- Droughty,
- matter of fact,
- Unmoistened,
- de hydrated,
- de sert,
- de-hydrated,
- de-sert,
- draggier,
- draggiest,
- draggy,
- dried up,
- driedup,
- droughtier,
- droughtiest,
- in elaborate,
- in-elaborate,
- low key,
- lowkey,
- more dehydrated,
- more desiccant,
- more desiccated,
- more dried up,
- more dried-up,
- more driedup,
- more evaporated,
- more inelaborate,
- more juiceless,
- more sapped,
- more shriveled,
- more unmoistened,
- more waterless,
- most dehydrated,
- most desiccant,
- most desiccated,
- most dried up,
- most dried-up,
- most driedup,
- most evaporated,
- most inelaborate,
- most juiceless,
- most sapped,
- most waterless,
- not irrigated,
- re strained,
- re-strained,
- searer,
- searest,
- un moistened,
- un-moistened.
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tasteless
- big zero,
- more unpleasurable,
- most unpleasurable,
- plain vanilla,
- un pleasurable,
- un seasoned,
- un-pleasurable,
- un-seasoned,
- unpleasurable,
- without spice.
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slow
- behindhand,
- unpunctual,
- time-consuming,
- be lated,
- be-lated,
- long delayed,
- long drawn out,
- long-delayed,
- longdelayed,
- more detained,
- more hindered,
- more impeded,
- more long delayed,
- more long-delayed,
- more longdelayed,
- more time-consuming,
- most born-again,
- most detained,
- most hindered,
- most impeded,
- most long delayed,
- most long-delayed,
- most longdelayed,
- most time consuming,
- most unpunctual,
- over due,
- over-due,
- time consuming,
- timeconsuming,
- un productive,
- un progressive,
- un-productive,
- un-progressive.
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inactive
- benumbed.
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blah
- banausic,
- mono-tone,
- more banausic,
- more monotone,
- more plodding,
- most monotone,
- most plodding,
- yawn producing.
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drab
- lusterless,
- de solate,
- de-solate,
- more lusterless,
- more subfuse,
- most lusterless,
- most subfuse,
- sub fuse,
- sub-fuse,
- subfuse,
- un changing,
- un inspired,
- un-changing,
- un-inspired.
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dragging
- drawn out,
- drawnout,
- over long,
- over-long,
- pro-longed.
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dreary
- depressive,
- de pressing,
- de-pressing,
- more depressive.
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insipid
- ho-hum,
- insipid,
- savorless,
- dis tasteful,
- dis-tasteful,
- hohum,
- in nocuous,
- in sipid,
- in-nocuous,
- in-sipid,
- more ho hum,
- more ho-hum,
- more hohum,
- more nebbish,
- more savorless,
- most ho hum,
- most ho-hum,
- most hohum,
- most nebbish,
- un savorier,
- un savory,
- un-palatable,
- un-savorier,
- un-savoriest,
- un-savory,
- watereddown.
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monotonous
- singsong,
- puts to sleep,
- sing song,
- flat as pancake,
- more reiterated,
- more samely,
- more sing-song,
- more singsong,
- more uninflected,
- most droning,
- most samely,
- most sing song,
- most singsong,
- most uninflected,
- puts one to sleep,
- puts sleep,
- re current,
- re iterated,
- re-current,
- re-iterated,
- samely,
- sing-song,
- un changed,
- un inflected,
- un relieved,
- un varying,
- un-changed,
- un-inflected,
- un-relieved,
- un-varying,
- uni form,
- uni-form.
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pedestrian
- more truistic,
- most banausic,
- most truistic,
- truistic.
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unappetizing
- stinky,
- grodier,
- grody,
- stinkiest,
- un appealing,
- un appetizing,
- un attractive,
- un inviting,
- un pleasant,
- un-appealing,
- un-appetizing,
- un-attractive,
- un-inviting,
- un-pleasant.
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uneventful
- in conclusive,
- in decisive,
- in-conclusive,
- in-decisive,
- more unnoteworthy,
- most unfateful,
- un fateful,
- un noteworthy,
- un remarkable,
- un-eventful,
- un-fateful,
- un-noteworthy,
- un-remarkable.
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unexciting
- long winded,
- un exciting,
- un-exciting.
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unimaginative
- prosaic.
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wishy-washy
- wishy-washy,
- in effective,
- in effectual,
- in-effective,
- in-effectual,
- more namby pamby,
- more namby-pamby,
- more nambypamby,
- more sapless,
- more weak kneed,
- more weak-kneed,
- more weakkneed,
- most namby pamby,
- most namby-pamby,
- most nambypamby,
- most weak-kneed,
- most weakkneed,
- namby pamby,
- nambypamby,
- weak kneed,
- weakkneed,
- wishy washy,
- wishywashy.
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benumbed
- be numbed,
- be-numbed,
- more dulled,
- un interested,
- un-interested.
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bland
- sapless,
- uninspiring,
- unstimulating,
- wimpy,
- nerdy,
- milk-and-water,
- dull as dishwater,
- ho hum,
- more milk and water,
- more nothing,
- more pabulum,
- more uninspiring,
- more unstimulating,
- more zero,
- most milk and water,
- most nothing,
- most pabulum,
- most sapless,
- most uninspiring,
- most unstimulating,
- most zero,
- nerdier,
- nerdiest,
- un stimulating,
- un-inspiring,
- wimpiest.
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distasteful
- unappetizing.
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humdrum
- toneless,
- white-bread,
- dime dozen,
- garden variety,
- gardenvariety,
- more toneless,
- more white bread,
- more white-bread,
- more whitebread,
- most toneless,
- most treadmill,
- most white bread,
- most white-bread,
- white bread,
- whitebread.
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prosaic
- workaday,
- Proser,
- diddlier,
- diddliest,
- more workaday,
- most workaday,
- prosest,
- un eventful,
- un exceptional,
- un-exceptional.
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tame
- disciplined,
- housebroken,
- unresisting,
- Half-hearted,
- boiled down,
- gentle as lamb,
- half hearted,
- more acclimatized,
- more bridled,
- more busted,
- more disciplined,
- more harnessed,
- more housebroken,
- more unresisting,
- more yoked,
- most bridled,
- most busted,
- most diluted,
- most disciplined,
- most harnessed,
- most housebroken,
- most unresisting,
- most whitebread,
- most yoked,
- over come,
- sub missive,
- un afraid,
- un resisting,
- un-afraid,
- un-resisting,
- without punch.
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tedious
- snoozer,
- more enervating,
- most enervating,
- snoozest.
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tiresome
- a bit much,
- uncool,
- Enervative,
- boresome,
- ex acting,
- ex-acting,
- more boresome,
- more enervative,
- more jading,
- more uncool,
- most boresome,
- most enervative,
- most jading,
- most uncool,
- un cool,
- un-cool.
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unintelligent
- dull.
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uninteresting
- boring,
- unentertaining,
- unenjoyable,
- more unenjoyable,
- more unentertaining,
- most unenjoyable,
- most unentertaining,
- un enjoyable,
- un entertaining,
- un interesting,
- un-enjoyable,
- un-entertaining,
- un-interesting.
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vapid
- flat tire,
- more milquetoast,
- most milquetoast.
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all
- uninteresting.
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dull, lifeless
- blah.
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tasteless; undistinctive
- bland.
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without hue
- colorless.
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tiresome, monotonous
- dragging.
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gloomy, lifeless
- dreary.
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moistureless
- dry.
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boring, uneventful
- humdrum,
- uninteresting.
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appealing, entertaining
- boring,
- disenchanting,
- disgusting,
- dull,
- homely,
- normal,
- ordinary,
- repellent,
- repulsive,
- ugly,
- unattractive,
- unexciting,
- unimpressive,
- unstimulating,
- usual,
- Familiar.
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all the same, remaining the same
- monotonous.
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everyday, dull
- pedestrian.
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behind, late
- slow.
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dull, stuffy
- stodgy.
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domesticated, compliant
- tame.
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without flavor
- tasteless.
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dull, monotonous
- tedious.
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irritating, exasperating
- tiresome.
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monotonous, dull
- uneventful.
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flat, dull
- vapid.
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Other relevant words
- deadening,
- demoralizing,
- discouraging,
- disheartening,
- dispiriting,
- earthbound,
- jejune,
- pedantic,
- sterile,
- unexciting,
- Operose.
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1. interesting
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1. interesting
Antonyms
Synonyms
Etymology
1. interesting
adjective. [‘ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ’] arousing or holding the attention.
Antonyms
- uninteresting
- unstimulating
- uninterestingness
- unexciting
- unprovocative
- depressant
- unmoving
Synonyms
- intriguing
- stimulating
- amusing
- entertaining
- interestingness
Etymology
- interesting (English)
- -ing (English)
- -ing (Middle English (1100-1500))
- interest (English)
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Словарь
Прилагательное interesting [ˈɪntrəstɪŋ]
Перевод: интересный, занятный, занимательный
Синонимы и антонимы к слову interesting
Слово (Word) |
Синонимы (Synonyms) |
Антонимы (Antonyms) |
interesting | amusing, alluring, attracive, beautiful, compelling, engaging, curious, sapid, bright, intelligent, inviting, intriguing, provocative, pleasing | boring, familiar, homely, ordinary, disgusting, usual, unattractive |
Примеры:
We have an interesting conversation with the group.
У нас был интересный разговор с группой.You’re a very amusing fellow, Paul!
Ты очень забавный парень, Пол!
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