Shrewd vs Intriguing - What's the difference?
shrewd | intriguing | Related terms |
showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
artful, tricky or cunning
streetwise
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knowledgeable
* {{quote-news
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, date=November 10
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(archaic) Scolding, satirical, sharp.
* 1599 ,
An intrigue.
* Thomas Longueville, The Curious Case of Lady Purbeck
Shrewd is a related term of intriguing.
As adjectives the difference between shrewd and intriguing
is that shrewd is showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters while intriguing is causing a desire to know more; mysterious.As a verb intriguing is
.As a noun intriguing is
an intrigue.shrewd
English
Adjective
(er)citation, page= , passage=The most persistent tormentor was Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who scored a hat-trick in last month’s corresponding fixture in Iceland. His ability to run at defences is instantly striking, but it is his clever use of possession that has persuaded some shrewd judges that he is an even better prospect than Theo Walcott. }}
- LEONATO. By my troth, niece, thou wilt never get thee a husband, if thou be so shrewd of thy tongue.
Derived terms
* shrewdly * shrewdnessintriguing
English
Synonyms
* fascinating, interesting, attractiveVerb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- In all these negotiations, and caballings, and intriguings , the person most concerned, Frances Coke, the beauty and the heiress, was only the ball in the game.