English-Thai Dictionary

intrigue

N การ ลักลอบ เป็นชู้ กัน  liaison amour kan-lak-lob-pen-chu

 

intrigue

N เล่ห์ เพทุบาย  กลอุบาย ใน การ หลอกลวง  stratagem wile plot lea-pae-tu-bai

 

intrigue

VT ก่อให้เกิด ความสนใจ  interest attract fascinate kor-hai-koed-kwam-son-jai

 

intrigue

VT วางแผน ร้าย  คบคิด กัน วางแผน ทำลายล้าง  plot conspire scheme wang-pan-rai

 

intrigue against

PHRV คบคิด กัน ต่อต้าน  วางแผน ต่อต้าน  สมคบคิด กัน ต่อต้าน  conspire against plot against kob-kid-tor-tan-kan

 

intrigue with

PHRV คบคิด กับ  วางแผน ร่วมกับ  สมคบคิด กับ  connive with conspire with plot with kon-kid-kab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INTRIGUE

n.intree'g. [Low L. intrico, intricor, to enwrap; tricor, to trifle, to show tricks; Gr. hair or a lock of hair, as we should say, a plexus. ] 1. A plot or scheme of a complicated nature, intended to effect some purpose by secret artifices. An intrigue may be formed and prosecuted by an individual, and we often hear of the intrigues of a minister or a courtier, but often several projectors are concerned in an intrigue. The word is usually applied to affairs of love or of government.
2. The plot of a play or romance; a complicated scheme of designs, actions and events, intended to awaken interest in an audience or reader, and make them wait with eager curiosity for the solution or development.
3. Intricacy; complication. [Not in use. ]

 

INTRIGUE

v.i.intree'g. To form a plot or scheme, usually complicated, and intended to effect some purpose by secret artifices. The courtier intrigues with the minister, and the lover with his mistress.

 

INTRIGUE

v.t.intree'g. To perplex or render intricate. [Not used. ]

 

INTRIGUER

n.intree'ger. One who intrigues; one who forms plots, or pursues an object by secret artifices.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INTRIGUE

In *trigue ", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Intrigued; p. pr. & vb. n.Intriguing. ] Etym: [F. intriguer, OF. intriquer, entriquer; cf. It. intrigare. See Intricate, Extricate. ]

 

1. To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice.

 

2. To carry on a secret and illicit love or amour.

 

INTRIGUE

INTRIGUE In *trigue ", v. t.

 

Defn: To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate; to embarrass. [Obs. ] How doth it [sin ] perplex and intrique the whole course of your lives! Dr. J. Scott.

 

INTRIGUE

In *trigue ", n. Etym: [Cf. F. intrique. See Intrigue, v. i.]

 

1. Intricacy; complication. [Obs. ] Sir M. Hale.

 

2. A complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem. Busy meddlers with intrigues of state. Pomfret.

 

3. The plot or romance; a complicated scheme of designs, actions, and events. Pope.

 

4. A secret and illicit love affair between two persons of different sexes; an amour; a liaison. The hero of a comedy is represented victorious in all his intrigues. Swift.

 

Syn. -- Plot; scheme; conspiracy; machination.

 

INTRIGUER

INTRIGUER In *trigu "er, n.

 

Defn: One who intrigues.

 

INTRIGUERY

INTRIGUERY In *trigu "er *y, n.

 

Defn: Arts or practice of intrigue.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

intrigue

in trigue ▶verb |inˈtrēg ɪnˈtriɡ | ( intrigues, intriguing , intrigued ) 1 [ with obj. ] arouse the curiosity or interest of; fascinate: I was intrigued by your question. 2 [ no obj. ] make secret plans to do something illicit or detrimental to someone: the delegates were intriguing for their own gains. ▶noun |ˈinˌtrēg ˈɪnˌtriɡ ənˈtriɡ | 1 the secret planning of something illicit or detrimental to someone: the cabinet was a nest of intrigue | the intrigues of local government officials. • a secret love affair. 2 a mysterious or fascinating quality: within the region's borders is a wealth of interest and intrigue. DERIVATIVES in tri guer noun ORIGIN early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘deceive, cheat ’): from French intrigue ‘plot, ’ intriguer ‘to tangle, to plot, ’ via Italian from Latin intricare (see intricate ). Sense 1 of the verb, which was influenced by a later French sense ‘to puzzle, make curious, ’ arose in the late 19th cent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

intrigue

in |trigue ▶verb |ɪnˈtriːg | ( intrigues, intriguing, intrigued ) 1 [ with obj. ] arouse the curiosity or interest of; fascinate: I was intrigued by your question. 2 [ no obj. ] make secret plans to do something illicit or detrimental to someone: Henry and Louis intrigued with the local nobles. ▶noun |ɪnˈtriːg, ˈɪn - | [ mass noun ] 1 the secret planning of something illicit or detrimental: the cabinet was a nest of intrigue. • [ count noun ] a secret love affair. 2 a mysterious or fascinating quality: within the region's borders is a wealth of interest and intrigue. DERIVATIVES intriguer noun ORIGIN early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘deceive, cheat ’): from French intrigue ‘plot ’, intriguer ‘to tangle, to plot ’, via Italian from Latin intricare (see intricate ). Sense 1 of the verb, which was influenced by a later French sense ‘to puzzle, make curious ’, arose in the late 19th cent.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

intrigue

intrigue verb her answer intrigued him: interest, be of interest to, fascinate, arouse someone's curiosity, arouse someone's interest, pique someone's curiosity, pique someone's interest, attract. ▶noun 1 political intrigue: secret plan, plotting, plot, conspiracy, collusion, conniving, scheme, scheming, stratagem, machination, trickery, double-dealing, underhandedness, subterfuge; informal dirty tricks. 2 Rick's intrigue with his brother's wife caused the family immeasurable grief: (love ) affair, affair of the heart, liaison, amour, fling, flirtation, dalliance, tryst; adultery, infidelity, unfaithfulness, indiscretion; informal fooling around, playing around, hanky-panky. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See plot . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

intrigue

intrigue verb |(stress on the second syllable ) | 1 other people's houses always intrigued her: interest, be of interest to, fascinate, be a source of fascination to, arouse someone's curiosity, engage someone's attention, attract, draw, lure, tempt, tantalize; rivet, absorb, engross, charm, captivate; divert, titillate. ANTONYMS bore. 2 the ministers were intriguing for their own gains: plot, hatch a plot, conspire, take part in a conspiracy, make secret plans, lay plans, scheme, manoeuvre, connive, collude, work hand in glove; rare complot, cabal, machinate. ▶noun |(stress on the first syllable ) | 1 the intrigue that accompanied the selection of a new leader | they implicated him in a nasty intrigue: plotting, planning, conspiracy, collusion, conniving, scheming, machination, trickery, sharp practice, double-dealing, unscrupulousness, underhandedness, deviousness, subterfuge; plot, scheme, stratagem, ruse, wile, artifice, manoeuvre; informal dirty tricks; rare complot, cabal, covin. 2 the king's intrigues with his nobles' wives: secret love affair, affair, affair of the heart, liaison, amour, amorous entanglement, romantic entanglement, fling, flirtation, dalliance; adultery, infidelity, unfaithfulness; informal fooling around, playing around, playing away, hanky-panky; Brit. informal carryings-on, carry-on, bit on the side.

 

intriguer

intriguer noun he was revealed to be a political intriguer: conspirator, co-conspirator, conspirer, plotter, schemer, colluder, collaborator, conniver; manipulator, exploiter; rare machinator, Machiavelli, Machiavellian, cabalist, intrigant (e ).

 

French Dictionary

intrigue

intrigue n. f. nom féminin 1 au pluriel Manœuvres secrètes, actes déloyaux. : Des intrigues politiques. Une intrigue financière dangereuse. 2 Liaison amoureuse. : Nouer une intrigue. 3 Trame (d ’un récit, d ’un film, d ’une pièce de théâtre ). : Une intrigue très prenante.

 

intriguer

intriguer v. tr. , intr. verbe transitif Exciter la curiosité de. : Ce fait nous intrigue beaucoup. C ’est en nous intriguant qu ’il captive notre attention. Note Technique Le participe présent s ’écrit avec un u, contrairement à l ’adjectif et au nom. verbe intransitif Comploter. : Il n ’a cessé d ’intriguer pour arriver à ses fins. aimer

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

intrigue

in trigue /ɪ́ntriːɡ, --́ /名詞 1 U 陰謀を企てること .2 C 陰謀, 術策 .3 C ｟かたく ｠不義, 密通, 情事 .動詞 /--́ /他動詞 1 …の興味をそそる (fascinate ).2 …を陰謀 [術策 ]で手に入れる .自動詞 1 «…に対して » 陰謀を企てる, 術策をめぐらす (plot ) «against , with » .2 ｟かたく ｠不義 [密通 ]をする .in tr í guer 名詞 C 陰謀を企てる人 .

 

intrigued

in tr í gued 形容詞 〖通例be ～〗 «…して » 興味を抱いて «to do » .