Intrigue meaning : A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem. The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters. Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit intimacy; a liaison or affair. To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme. To arouse the interest of; to fascinate. To have clandestine or illicit intercourse. To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate.