Interesting

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

interesting
    adj 1: arousing or holding the attention [ant: {uninteresting}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Interest \In"ter*est\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Interested}; p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Interesting}.] [From interess'd, p. p. of the older
   form interess, fr. F. int['e]resser, L. interesse. See
   {Interest}, n.]
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   1. To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to
      excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or
      thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest
      one in charitable work.
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            To love our native country . . . to be interested in
            its concerns is natural to all men.   --Dryden.
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            A goddess who used to interest herself in marriages.
                                                  --Addison.
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   2. To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern;
      to excite; -- often used impersonally. [Obs.]
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            Or rather, gracious sir,
            Create me to this glory, since my cause
            Doth interest this fair quarrel.      --Ford.
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   3. To cause or permit to share. [Obs.]
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            The mystical communion of all faithful men is such
            as maketh every one to be interested in those
            precious blessings which any one of them receiveth
            at God's hands.                       --Hooker.

   Syn: To concern; excite; attract; entertain; engage; occupy;
        hold.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Interesting \In"ter*est*ing\, a.
   Engaging the attention; exciting, or adapted to excite,
   interest, curiosity, or emotion; as, an interesting story;
   interesting news. --Cowper.
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from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

interesting
 adj.

   In hacker parlance, this word has strong connotations of `annoying',
   or `difficult', or both. Hackers relish a challenge, and enjoy
   wringing all the irony possible out of the ancient Chinese curse "May
   you live in interesting times". Oppose {trivial}, {uninteresting}.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

interesting

   In hacker parlance, this word has strong connotations of
   "annoying", or "difficult", or both.  Hackers relish a
   challenge, and enjoy wringing all the irony possible out of
   the ancient Chinese curse "May you live in interesting times".

   [{Jargon File}]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

71 Moby Thesaurus words for "interesting":
      absorbing, alluring, appealing, appetizing, attractive, beguiling,
      bewitching, blandishing, cajoling, captivating, catching,
      charismatic, charming, coaxing, come-hither, compelling,
      coquettish, enchanting, engaging, engrossing, enravishing,
      enthralling, enticing, entrancing, exciting, exotic, fascinating,
      fetching, flirtatious, glamorous, gripping, hypnotic, intriguing,
      inviting, irresistible, juicy, lively, mesmeric, mouth-watering,
      piquant, prepossessing, provocative, provoking, provoquant, racy,
      ravishing, readable, rich, riveting, seducing, seductive, siren,
      sirenic, spellbinding, spellful, spicy, stimulating, succulent,
      taking, tantalizing, teasing, tempting, thought-challenging,
      thought-inspiring, thought-provoking, tickling, titillating,
      titillative, winning, winsome, witching