intrigue

Meanings

Noun

a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends
a clandestine love affair
A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters.
Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit intimacy; a liaison or affair.

Verb

cause to be interested or curious
form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.
To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.
To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.
To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French intrigue, from Italian intricare, from Latin intrīcō (“I entangle, perplex, embarrass”). Doublet of intricate.

Synonyms

connive, fascinate, machination, scheme

Scrabble Score: 9

intrigue is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
intrigue is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
intrigue is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

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