What do guys mean when they tell a girl that they are really intrigued by her?

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I ask not because I don’t know the definition of intrigue, as I do, but because it’s something that has come up throughout my adult life. I’ve always just took it to mean that they think I’m sexy and smart, and that somehow that combination is mind boggling for them to make sense of lol, which actually ends up feeling less complimentary than it does patronizing in some way.

But my sense is that that’s not how they are experiencing it and that that is just my own insecurities and projections surfacing when I privately take it to mean something of that quality.
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And to be more specific they often say they are intrigued by my mind/brain. And yet I feel like they also think I’m a slut? (That last part is true though haha)
What do guys mean when they tell a girl that they are really intrigued by her?
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