curious
curious is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Difficult to please or satisfy; solicitous to be correct; careful; scrupulous; nice; exact. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Difficult to please or satisfy; solicitous to be correct; careful; scrupulous; nice; exact.
- adjective. Exhibiting care or nicety; artfully constructed; elaborate; wrought with elegance or skill.
- adjective. Careful or anxious to learn; eager for knowledge; given to research or inquiry; habitually inquisitive; prying; -- sometimes with after or of.
- adjective. Exciting attention or inquiry; awakening surprise; inviting and rewarding inquisitiveness; not simple or plain; strange; rare.
- adjective. 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"
- adjective. beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
"a curious hybrid accent"
"her speech has a funny twang"
- adjective. having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more
"a trap door that made me curious"
Synonyms
funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular
Common word forms
curiouser, curiously, curiousest, curiousness
Words from these letters
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