curious
eager to learn or know; inquisitive.
prying; meddlesome.
arousing or exciting speculation, interest, or attention through being inexplicable or highly unusual; odd; strange: a curious sort of person;a curious scene.
Archaic.
made or prepared skillfully.
done with painstaking accuracy or attention to detail: a curious inquiry.
careful; fastidious.
marked by intricacy or subtlety.
Origin of curious
1synonym study For curious
Other words for curious
1 | inquiring, interested |
2 | spying, peeping |
3 | singular, novel, rare |
Opposites for curious
Other words from curious
- cu·ri·ous·ly, adverb
- cu·ri·ous·ness, noun
- non·cu·ri·ous, adjective
- non·cu·ri·ous·ly, adverb
- non·cu·ri·ous·ness, noun
- o·ver·cu·ri·ous, adjective
- o·ver·cu·ri·ous·ly, adverb
- o·ver·cu·ri·ous·ness, noun
- su·per·cu·ri·ous, adjective
- su·per·cu·ri·ous·ly, adverb
- su·per·cu·ri·ous·ness, noun
- un·cu·ri·ous, adjective
- un·cu·ri·ous·ly, adverb
Words Nearby curious
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How to use curious in a sentence
Even other men of color considered Revels a curious figure, for Mississippi had never had a large free black population.
The Black Man Who Replaced Jefferson Davis in the Senate | Philip Dray | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the ads are not just intended to remind the Google-curious that Paul exists and is thinking about running for president.
As I got better, I also got curious about what happened to other patients like me.
I had, for a long time, been curious about the place where all this fantastic stuff was made.
A Whisky Connoisseur Remembers That First Sip of The Macallan | | December 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was way too ill to visit the set and all that, but was very curious about the film.
Idris Elba on Eric Garner, ‘Mi Mandela,’ and Selling Weed to Dave Chappelle | Marlow Stern | December 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
At last there appeared some probability of their accomplishing this, after a most curious and truly Mexican fashion.
He heard himself saying lightly, though with apparent lack of interest: 'How curious, Lettice, how very odd!
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodThis judicial bent of the child is a curious one and often develops a priggish fondness for setting others morally straight.
Children's Ways | James SullySebastian Brandt died; counsellor of Strassburg, a lawyer, and author of a curious poem.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellSomething within him wanted to go, something that was perhaps intellectually curious.
Bella Donna | Robert Hichens
British Dictionary definitions for curious
/ (ˈkjʊərɪəs) /
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
Origin of curious
1Derived forms of curious
- curiously, adverb
- curiousness, noun
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