Example:
Joe's presentation about the techniques of sharing code between the web and native version of an app was interesting.
Can the word "interesting" have a negative meaning in this context?
When I read this sentence I could think of two meaning, one is where the presentation was a good one, and I was interested in the topic, so I have found the presentation interesting.
The other would mean something like the talk was confusing and I couldn't understand it so the presentation was "interesting…".
If it can have a negative meaning then is there any synonym what only have a positive meaning?
Best Answer
Yes. In spoken English, you can tell the connotation of "interesting" by the inflection used. If the word is distinctly separated from the rest of the sentence, there is a meaning often more important than that actual word.
It is frequently a mild pejorative but you have to see and hear the speaker understand the context.
When written, it would appear like: