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单词 curiousness
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curiousness


cu·ri·ous

C0813700 (kyo͝or′ē-əs)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.
[Middle English, from Old French curios, from Latin cūriōsus, careful, inquisitive, from cūra, care; see cure.]
cu′ri·ous·ly adv.cu′ri·ous·ness n.
Thesaurus
Noun1.curiousness - a state of active curiosityinquisitivenesscuriosity, wonder - a state in which you want to learn more about somethingnosiness, prying, snoopiness - offensive inquisitiveness
2.curiousness - the quality of being alien or not native; "the strangeness of a foreigner"foreignness, strangenessquality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeareexoticism, exoticness, exotism - the quality of being exotic; "he loved the exoticism of Egypt"alienage, alienism - the quality of being alien

curiousness

noun1. Mental acquisitiveness:curiosity, inquisitiveness, interest.Idiom: thirst for knowledge.2. Undue interest in the affairs of others:curiosity, inquisitiveness.Informal: nosiness, snoopiness.
Translations

curiousness


Related to curiousness: curiosity, courteousness
  • noun

Synonyms for curiousness

noun mental acquisitiveness

Synonyms

  • curiosity
  • inquisitiveness
  • interest

noun undue interest in the affairs of others

Synonyms

  • curiosity
  • inquisitiveness
  • nosiness
  • snoopiness

Synonyms for curiousness

noun a state of active curiosity

Synonyms

  • inquisitiveness

Related Words

  • curiosity
  • wonder
  • nosiness
  • prying
  • snoopiness

noun the quality of being alien or not native

Synonyms

  • foreignness
  • strangeness

Related Words

  • quality
  • exoticism
  • exoticness
  • exotism
  • alienage
  • alienism
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