noun Download 🔗Share A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem. Examples : "The political intrigues at the company led to several unexpected firings. " politics government action plan organization Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters. Examples : "The intrigues of the soap opera kept viewers hooked, with secret affairs and hidden identities constantly unfolding. " story literature entertainment character Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit intimacy; a liaison or affair. Examples : "The small town was rife with rumors about the mayor's intrigues with his secretary, a scandal that threatened to ruin his political career. " sex action society entertainment literature human Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme. Examples : "The disgruntled employee secretly intrigues with a competitor to steal company secrets. " action plan politics government society organization character moral Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To arouse the interest of; to fascinate. Examples : "The magician's disappearing act intrigues the children. " mind sensation emotion character entertainment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To have clandestine or illicit intercourse. Examples : "Because she was already married, the thought of her now dead mother's sister, and her childhood friend, who was not only her mother's sister's younger brother, but a man of great wealth and influence, intrigues her no end. " sex moral human action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate. Examples : "The complicated family history intrigues many historians because it involves secrets and hidden identities. " mind character action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading