Antonyms for more curious
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kyoor-ee-uhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkyʊər i əs |
Definition of more curious
Origin :- mid-14c., "eager to know" (often in a bad sense), from Old French curios "solicitous, anxious, inquisitive; odd, strange" (Modern French curieux) and directly from Latin curiosus "careful, diligent; inquiring eagerly, meddlesome," akin to cura "care" (see cure (n.)). The objective sense of "exciting curiosity" is 1715 in English. In booksellers' catalogues, the word means "erotic, pornographic." Curiouser and curiouser is from "Alice in Wonderland" (1865).
- adj desiring knowledge, understanding
- adj very odd
- That set her thinking, and the more she thought, the more curious she grew.
- Extract from : « Tales From Two Hemispheres » by Hjalmar Hjorth Boysen
- The Queen became, little by little, less fearful and more curious.
- Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham
- She knew not how to parry their curiosity; they, seeing this, were the more curious.
- Extract from : « Nicanor - Teller of Tales » by C. Bryson Taylor
- "The head-covering of the women is more curious," added Scott.
- Extract from : « Four Young Explorers » by Oliver Optic
- No more curious fetich can be found in the history of folk-lore.
- Extract from : « Anting-Anting Stories » by Sargent Kayme
- The more I thought of this subject, the more curious and anxious I became.
- Extract from : « Field and Forest » by Oliver Optic
- Jean was, after all, more curious about his dinner than about the fair lady.
- Extract from : « The Golden Dog » by William Kirby
- Few things are more curious than to compare, let us say, Googe and Spenser.
- Extract from : « A History of English Literature » by George Saintsbury
- I gave up trying, more curious about what was happening than alarmed.
- Extract from : « The Gallery » by Roger Phillips Graham
- I longed for the morning to come, for I was more curious than ever.
- Extract from : « The Professor at the Breakfast Table » by Oliver Wendell Holmes (Sr.)
Synonyms for more curious
- analytical
- bizarre
- disquisitive
- examining
- exotic
- extraordinary
- impertinent
- inquiring
- inquisitive
- inspecting
- interested
- interfering
- intrusive
- investigative
- marvelous
- meddlesome
- meddling
- mysterious
- nosy
- novel
- oddball
- peculiar
- peeping
- peering
- prurient
- prying
- puzzled
- puzzling
- quaint
- queer
- questioning
- rare
- remarkable
- scrutinizing
- searching
- singular
- snoopy
- strange
- tampering
- unconventional
- unexpected
- unique
- unorthodox
- unusual
- weird
- wonderful
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