Meaning | The power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.). |
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Synonym | interest |
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Attributes | interesting | Arousing or holding the attention |
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uninteresting | Arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement |
Narrower | charisma, personal appeal, personal magnetism | A personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others |
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color, colour, vividness | interest and variety and intensity |
newsworthiness, news | The quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins |
shrillness | The quality of being sharp or harsh to the senses |
topicality | The attribute of being of interest at the present time |
Broader | power, powerfulness | possession of controlling influence |
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Opposite | uninterestingness | inability to capture or hold one's interest |
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Spanish | interés |
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Catalan | interès |
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Adjectives | interesting | arousing or holding the attention |
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