interesting

interesting
adj.
VERBS
▪ appear, be, look, seem, sound
▪ become, get
▪ prove
▪

So far, my trip has proved interesting.

▪ make sth
▪ find sb/sth
▪

I find her ideas really interesting.

ADVERB
▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.
▪ certainly, deeply, especially, extraordinarily, highly, immensely, incredibly, intensely, most, particularly, terribly, truly
▪ equally
▪ doubly
▪ mildly, moderately, vaguely
▪ not remotely
▪

None of them had anything remotely interesting to say.

▪ enough, sufficiently
▪

Some topics appeared interesting enough to require more detailed information.

▪ potentially
▪ genuinely
▪

This is a genuinely interesting article.

▪ inherently, in itself, intrinsically
▪

This subject is intrinsically interesting and worthy of study in its own right.

▪ always, consistently
▪

It was always interesting to hear his stories.

▪ architecturally, geologically, historically, sociologically, visually, etc.
▪

architecturally interesting buildings

PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪

It's not very interesting for visitors.

▪ to
▪

How can we make the subject more interesting to young people?

Interesting is used with these nouns: ↑alternative, ↑anecdote, ↑angle, ↑article, ↑aspect, ↑bit, ↑book, ↑challenge, ↑chat, ↑collection, ↑combination, ↑comment, ↑commentary, ↑comparison, ↑concept, ↑contrast, ↑conversation, ↑detail, ↑dilemma, ↑discovery, ↑discussion, ↑display, ↑example, ↑exception, ↑exercise, ↑experience, ↑experiment, ↑facet, ↑fact, ↑feature, ↑fellow, ↑film, ↑find, ↑finding, ↑history, ↑hobby, ↑idea, ↑implication, ↑innovation, ↑insight, ↑job, ↑lecture, ↑lesson, ↑look, ↑mix, ↑mixture, ↑move, ↑museum, ↑news, ↑note, ↑observation, ↑paradox, ↑parallel, ↑part, ↑people, ↑phenomenon, ↑piece, ↑place, ↑point, ↑possibility, ↑post, ↑programme, ↑project, ↑question, ↑read, ↑reading, ↑reflection, ↑scenario, ↑selection, ↑shape, ↑snippet, ↑spin, ↑story, ↑subject, ↑suggestion, ↑tale, ↑talk, ↑texture, ↑thing, ↑thought, ↑topic, ↑turn, ↑twist, ↑viewpoint, ↑work

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