Extended Open Multilingual Wordnet 1.3

05192451-n 'the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.)';

English	interest ₂₁ ( ⊳ ⊳ ) , interestingness ( ⊳ ⇔ )
Indonesian	minat , kepentingan , faedah , perhatian
Japanese	興味を起こさせる力

Definitions

English: the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.)
― they said nothing of great interest; primary colors can add interest to a room
Japanese: 人の興味を（普通ではないとか興奮させるなどの理由で）引き付けたり保持したりする力
― 彼らは興味を引くようなことを何も言わなかった; 原色を使えば、部屋におもしろさが加わる

Relations

Hyponym:	charisma color newsworthiness shrillness topicality
Hypernym:	power
Attributes:	interesting uninteresting
Antonym:	uninterestingness
Semantic Field:	attribute_n

External Links

TempoWN: ◁ △ ▶ (Past: 0.000; Present: 0.001; Future: 0.346)

SentiWN: ▲ ▽ (+0.12 -0.00) MLSentiCon: ▲ ▽ (+0.62 -0.00)