- curiosity
- nounADJECTIVE▪ great, intense▪ insatiable▪
She has an insatiable curiosity about life.
▪ mild▪ idle, mere, pure, sheer, simple▪‘Why do you ask?’ ‘Mere curiosity.’
▪ genuine▪ open▪Kaylee stood staring with open curiosity.
▪ natural▪School should awaken a child's natural curiosity.
▪ morbid▪ intellectual, scientific▪ publicVERB + CURIOSITY▪ have▪ arouse, awaken, pique (esp. AmE), spark▪Their curiosity was aroused by his strange clothes.
▪ satisfyCURIOSITY + VERB▪ get the better of sb, overcome sb▪Harry's curiosity got the better of him and he unlocked the cupboard
▪ take over▪ growPREPOSITION▪ out of curiosity▪We went to the show out of curiosity more than anything else.
▪ with curiosity▪The children watched us with mild curiosity.
▪ curiosity about▪I needed to satisfy my curiosity about what it was like to make records.
PHRASES▪ a sense of curiosity
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
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