HOW TO PRONOUNCE
interesting
/ˈɪntəɹəstɪŋ/
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American Pronunciation Guide · 1:05
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TRY SAYING
“An interesting question.”
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Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗What does interesting mean?
adjective
- Arousing or holding the attention or interest of someone.
- Pregnant. (used with situation and condition)
- uninteresting, boring, soggy
More meanings (2)
verb
- present participle and gerund of interest
adjective
- (obsolete) Of concern; affecting, important.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɪntəɹəstɪŋ/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗Other dictionary pronunciations
/ˈɪntɹɛstɪŋ//ˈɪntɹɪstɪŋ//ˈɪn(t)əɹɛstɪŋ//ˈɪnt͡ʃɹɛstɪŋ/
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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See this word in context.
It was the first time she had had an opportunity to observe the whims of the public which singers live by interesting.
Jane’s was a copperplate production, with every “t” nicely crossed and every “i” precisely dotted, and not an interesting sentence in it.
More book examples (3)
Then arose a slim, melancholy girl, whose face had the “interesting” paleness that comes of pills and indigestion, and read a “poem.”
But I forget that I am moralizing in the most interesting part of my tale, and your looks remind me to proceed.
“Going without even a 'thank you,' right in the face of all the pains I've taken to make it interesting for him!”