Search results
- Dictionarycurious/ˈkjʊərɪəs/
adjective
- 1. eager to know or learn something: "I began to be curious about the whereabouts of the bride and groom"
- 2. strange; unusual: "a curious sensation overwhelmed her" Similar Opposite
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
The meaning of CURIOUS is marked by desire to investigate and learn. How to use curious in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Curious.
CURIOUS definition: 1. interested in learning about people or things around you: 2. strange and unusual: 3…. Learn more.
CURIOUS meaning: 1. interested in learning about people or things around you: 2. strange and unusual: 3…. Learn more.
arousing or exciting speculation, interest, or attention through being inexplicable or highly unusual; odd; strange: a curious sort of person; a curious scene. Synonyms: rare, novel, singular. Archaic. made or prepared skillfully. done with painstaking accuracy or attention to detail: a curious inquiry.
Synonyms for CURIOUS: inquisitive, interested, nosey, nosy, concerned, prying, questioning, officious; Antonyms of CURIOUS: indifferent, incurious, disinterested, uncurious, uninterested, unconcerned, apathetic, normal.
having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern. adjective. beyond or deviating from the usual or expected. “a curious hybrid accent” synonyms: funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular.
adj. 1. Eager to learn more: curious investigators; a trapdoor that made me curious. 2. Unduly inquisitive; prying: a curious neighbor always looking over the fence. 3. Arousing interest because of novelty or strangeness: a curious fact. 4. Archaic. a. Accomplished with skill or ingenuity. b. Extremely careful; scrupulous or fastidious.
1. eager to learn or know; inquisitive. 2. prying; meddlesome. 3. arousing or exciting speculation, interest, or attention through being inexplicable or highly unusual; odd; strange. a curious sort of person. a curious scene. 4.archaic.
Definition of curious adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
CURIOUS definition: 1. wanting to know or learn about something: 2. strange or unusual: . Learn more.