CURIOUS


Meaning of CURIOUS in English

adj.

1 eager to find out about sb/sth

VERBS

▪ be , feel , seem

▪ became , get , grow

▪ remain

▪ make sb

Her secretive manner had made me ~.

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

▪ deeply , intensely

I was intensely ~ to know more about him.

▪ a little , slightly , etc.

▪ mildly

▪ genuinely

▪ naturally

Puppies are naturally ~.

▪ just , merely , simply

I'm just ~ to know what you think.

▪ intellectually

PREPOSITION

▪ about

I was ~ about how she would react.

▪ as to

She was ~ as to why he was there.

PHRASES

▪ ~ to find out, know, see, etc. sb/sth

2 strange/unusual

VERBS

▪ be , feel , look , seem

▪ find sb/sth

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

I find it very ~ that you did not tell anyone.

▪ a little , slightly , etc.

a slightly ~ statement.

Curious is used with these nouns: ↑ aspect , ↑ blend , ↑ coincidence , ↑ combination , ↑ elation , ↑ expression , ↑ eye , ↑ fashion , ↑ feeling , ↑ gaze , ↑ glance , ↑ habit , ↑ incident , ↑ look , ↑ mind , ↑ mix , ↑ mixture , ↑ omission , ↑ paradox , ↑ phenomenon , ↑ sensation , ↑ tale , ↑ thing , ↑ twist

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