adj. Function: adjective
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Synonyms: INQUISITIVE 1, disquisitive, inquiring, investigative, questioning
Related Words: searching; analytical; prurient
Antonyms: incurious
2 interested in what is not one's personal or proper concern FF1C; a curious old woman prying into her neighbors' affairs FF1E;
Synonyms: inquisitive, inquisitorial, inquisitory, ||nibby, nosy, peery, prying, snoopy
Related Words: interfering, intermeddling, meddling, tampering; examining, inspecting, scrutinizing; impertinent, intrusive, meddlesome
Idioms: consumed ( or burning or eaten up) with curiosity, curious as a cat ( or monkey)
Contrasted Words: aloof, detached, disinterested, indifferent, unconcerned, uninterested; apathetic, impassive, phlegmatic, stolid
Antonyms: incurious
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Synonyms: STRANGE 4, bizarre, odd, oddball, peculiar, quaint, queer, singular, unusual, weird