interestedadj.
/ˈɪntrᵻstᵻd/, /ˈɪnt(ə)rɛstᵻd/, U.S. /ˈɪnt(ə)rəstəd/ 1. Concerned, affected; having an interest, concern, or share in something.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > [adjective] > concerned with or interested in
conversant1597
interessed1598
relative1614
conversant1803
interested1828
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) One interested in the funds. An interested witness.
a1834 J. Brooks in D. A. Wells Burden & Strength (1864) 34 Substitute skilful, intelligent, interested free labor for unskilled, ignorant, and uninterested slave labor.
1845 J. Williams Princ. Law Real Prop. i. x. 152 The evidence of interested witnesses is now received, and its value estimated according to its worth.
1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. vi. 126 With an issue to the interested of having..to pay freight only on good marketable stuff.
2. Influenced by considerations of personal advantage; moved by self-interest; self-seeking, self-interested. (The opposite of disinterested.)
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society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [adjective]
self-seeking?1575
self-respecting1597
proprietariousa1633
self-ended1643
self-interessed1645
self-interested1648
self-concerned1653
self-concerning1656
self-biased1662
self-ending1698
interested1705
self-interesting1710
1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels I. 34 Dissembled or interested Homage of Rulers or Rabbies.
1771 H. Mackenzie Man of Feeling lv. 260 The world is in general selfish, interested, and unthinking.
1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xxi. 213 The wretched consequences of interested marriages.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xxi. 555 He was generally thought interested and grasping.
3. Characterized by a feeling of concern, sympathy, or curiosity.
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the mind > attention and judgement > [adjective]
inquisitivec1386
inquiring1598
investigating1631
inquirous1632
burrow-headed1650
curious1653
interested1665
inquisitous1694
interrogative1709
yuky1719
Eve-ish1753
inquisite1808
wondering1810
percontatorial1849
questionous1893
quizzy1920
curious-minded1928
the mind > emotion > compassion > [adjective] > characterized by sympathy
interested1665
sympathetic1684
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [adjective] > having kindly interest
interessed1598
concerned1648
interested1665
1665 S. Pepys Corr. 4 Sept. No day hath passed..without my most interested wishes for your health.
1729 Bp. J. Butler Serm. in Wks. (1874) II. Pref. 23 The very idea of an interested pursuit necessarily presupposes particular passions or appetites.
1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom I. vi. 34 He thought she would..have betrayed some interested symptom; that her face would have undergone some favourable suffusion.
1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London III. i. 35 ‘Is he alive?’ said Belloni with interested emotion.
1900 N.E.D. at Interested Mod. They found in me an interested auditor.
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