Interested
['ɪnt(ə)rɪstɪd] or ['ɪntrəstɪd]
Definition
(adj.) having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern; 'an interested audience'; 'interested in sports'; 'was interested to hear about her family'; 'interested in knowing who was on the telephone'; 'interested spectators' .
Typed by Justine--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Interest
(v. t.) Having the attention engaged; having emotion or passion excited; as, an interested listener.
(v. t.) Having an interest; concerned in a cause or in consequences; liable to be affected or prejudiced; as, an interested witness.
Inputed by Edgar
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Partial, biassed, prejudiced, not disinterested.
Typed by Elbert
Examples
- But in reality travelling interested her even less than he had expected. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He had left his sleeping wife; and wanted, as Margaret saw, to be amused and interested by something that she was to tell him. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The ladies were not really interested in Mrs. Struthers just then; the subject of Ellen Olenska was too fresh and too absorbing to them. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Suppose you found Miss Verinder quite unaccountably interested in what has happened to Mr. Ablewhite and Mr. Luker? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- With curious readiness did she adapt herself to such themes as interested him. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I am no farther interested than as a spectator, said he, with a modesty, admirable, as I thought, to witness. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It is interesting to note that Edison became greatly interested in the later developments by Marconi, and is an admiring friend and adviser of that well-known inventor. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- We are all very much interested in the man from Somewhere,' Veneering observes. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I felt apprehensive that I was personally interested in this dialogue, and sought Mr. Murdstone's eye as it lighted on mine. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Because I am truly, deeply, profoundly interested in you, Miss Wilfer. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Talking scandal is a very harmless occupation, and, as the Rector seems interested, I think I will go and hear the latest story of Belgravia. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Now, Miss Maylie,' said Mr. Brownlow, 'to return to the subject in which your humanity is so much interested. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- A happy party it appeared to her, all interested in one object: cheerful beyond a doubt, for the sound of merriment ascended even to her. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- True, when he was an undergraduate at Yale he had been much interested in Professor Day’s lectures on electricity, and had written long letters home in regard to them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- This, too, when Mr. Quale, one of the first philanthropists of our time, has mentioned to me that he was really disposed to be interested in her! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I turned from such vanity with a slight feeling of wonder, at how mankind could have ever been interested in such things. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I always liked very old people when they were clean and appeared respectable, and I was unusually interested by this woman's demeanour. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Who could be interested in the fate of a murderer, but the hangman who would gain his fee? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The Earl was deeply interested, and encouraged the young American to persevere, but for the time Fulton left the steamboat to work out other problems. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I roused, and interested you, because I was so unlike _them_. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- He showed it to a man named William Thomas, who became interested in it, offered $1,250 for it, and also offered to employ Elias Howe in his business of umbrella and corset maker. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I am interested in him for his own sake. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- As early as 1747 he had been interested in geology and had seen specimens of the fossil remains of marine shells from th e strata of the highest parts of the Alleghany Mountains. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- My aunt was deeply interested in them, and walked up and down the room with her arms folded, for more than two hours afterwards. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The wery thing,' said Mr. Weller, who was a party interested, inasmuch as he ardently longed to see the sport. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Try a chili with it, Miss Sharp, said Joseph, really interested. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- People were justly interested in the dog. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Both Benjamin Franklin and Goethe were greatly interested in his work in physics. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You seem to have passed your life in being adopted, said Maurice, who was deeply interested in this romantic history. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- We shall be interested primarily in the way nations established their civilization in spite of hostile conditions. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Typed by Elbert