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curious
[ kyoor-ee-uhs ]
adjective
- eager to learn or know; inquisitive.
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms:
- prying; meddlesome.
Antonyms:
- arousing or exciting speculation, interest, or attention through being inexplicable or highly unusual; odd; strange:
a curious sort of person;
a curious scene.
Synonyms: , ,
- Archaic.
- made or prepared skillfully.
- done with painstaking accuracy or attention to detail:
a curious inquiry.
- careful; fastidious.
- marked by intricacy or subtlety.
curious
/ ˈʊəɪə /
adjective
- eager to learn; inquisitive
- overinquisitive; prying
- interesting because of oddness or novelty; strange; unexpected
- rare.(of workmanship, etc) highly detailed, intricate, or subtle
- obsolete.fastidious or hard to please
Derived Forms
- ˈܰdzܲԱ, noun
- ˈܰdzܲ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ۾·dzܲ· adverb
- ۾·dzܲ·Ա noun
- ԴDz·۾·dzܲ adjective
- non·۾·dzܲ· adverb
- non·۾·dzܲ·Ա noun
- v·۾·dzܲ adjective
- over·۾·dzܲ· adverb
- over·۾·dzܲ·Ա noun
- p·۾·dzܲ adjective
- super·۾·dzܲ· adverb
- super·۾·dzܲ·Ա noun
- ܲ·۾·dzܲ adjective
- un·۾·dzܲ· adverb
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of curious1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
I'm curious what you think about, you know, academics leaving, and whether one can resist abroad and complement the domestic resistance.
I'm curious whether or not you think that there is an ability in the party infrastructure to be shaped by popular opinion in this way.
I think maybe I startled it, and then when I blew the whistle, I for sure startled it, and I think it was just curious at that point.
Like his father, Desmond was an only child and appears to have also been raised in a loving, intellectually curious home.
He wasn't "curious" enough to pursue allegations of child abuse in the Church of England.
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