An intrigue is a secret plot. If you ever become the monarch of a small island kingdom, keep watch for signs of any intrigue against you.
To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate; to embarrass.
Noun
a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends
Noun
a clandestine love affair
Verb
form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
Verb
cause to be interested or curious
v. i.
To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a
purpose by secret artifice.
v. i.
To carry on a secret and illicit love or amour.
v. t.
To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate; to
embarrass.
v. i.
Intricacy; complication.
v. i.
A complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some
purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
v. i.
The plot or romance; a complicated scheme of designs,
actions, and events.
v. i.
A secret and illicit love affair between two persons
of different sexes; an amour; a liaison.
Intrigue
How doth it [sin] perplex and intrique the whole course of your lives!
Intrigue
Busy meddlers with intrigues of state.3.
The hero of a comedy is represented victorious in all his intrigues.
To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate; to embarrass.
Intricacy; complication.
Usage Examples
More than any other setting - more than battlefields or boardrooms or a spaceship headed for intergalactic travel - I'll put my money on the family to provide an endless source of comedy, tragedy and intrigue.
Most people like to read about intrigue and spies. I hope to provide a metaphor for the average reader's daily life. Most of us live in a slightly conspiratorial relationship with our employer and perhaps with our marriage.
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Other Usage ExamplesMy favorite subject probably was math. I love math. Figures just intrigue me. I was really good at math. English probably was my worst subject. But I used to write a lot of poetry. I used to write poetry all the time.
Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue.
I never really did sports growing up. Maybe that's why they intrigue me. The technology that goes into that clothing is steps ahead, so it's always been something I look towards.