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curious
Overview of adj curious
The adj curious has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (14) curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular -- (beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior")
2. (13) curious -- (eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns); "a curious child is a teacher's delight"; "a trap door that made me curious"; "curious investigators"; "traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers"; "curious about the neighbor's doings")
3. curious -- (having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more; "a trap door that made me curious")
Grep of noun curious
curiousness
Antonyms of adj curious
3 senses of curious
Sense 1
curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular
INDIRECT (VIA strange) -> familiar
Sense 2
curious (vs. incurious)
incurious (vs. curious)
=> uninterested
=> uninquiring, uninquisitive
Sense 3
curious
INDIRECT (VIA interested) -> uninterested
Similarity of adj curious
3 senses of curious
Sense 1
curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular
=> strange (vs. familiar), unusual
Sense 2
curious (vs. incurious)
=> inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering(prenominal)
=> nosy, nosey, prying, snoopy
=> overcurious
Also See> inquiring#1
Sense 3
curious
=> interested (vs. uninterested)
Pertainyms of adj curious
Attributes of adj curious
Domain of adj curious
Domain Terms of adj curious
Familiarity of adj curious
curious used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Grep of adj curious
curious
incurious
overcurious
Grep of adv curious
curiously
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