Curious vs. Nosy
Curious and Nosy Definitions
Curious
Eager to learn more
Curious investigators.
A trapdoor that made me curious.
Nosy
Given to or showing an intrusive curiosity about the affairs of others; prying.
Curious
Unduly inquisitive; prying
A curious neighbor always looking over the fence.
Nosy
Prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle.
They built tall fences, yet the nosy neighbors always seemed to know everything about them.
Curious
Arousing interest because of novelty or strangeness
A curious fact.
Nosy
Having a large or elongated nose.
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Curious
Accomplished with skill or ingenuity.
Nosy
A look at something to satisfy one's curiosity.
I might wander down to the construction site for a nosy at what they're building.
Curious
Extremely careful; scrupulous or fastidious.
Nosy
Offensively or intrusively curious; prying; nosey; as, he flipped through my letters in his nosy way.
Curious
Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.
Young children are naturally curious about the world and everything in it.
Nosy
Offensively curious or inquisitive;
Curious about the neighbor's doings
He flipped through my letters in his nosy way
Prying eyes
The snoopy neighbor watched us all day
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Curious
Caused by curiosity.
Curious
Leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual.
The platypus is a curious creature, with fur like a mammal and a beak like a bird.
Curious
(LGBT) bi-curious
Curious
(obsolete) Careful, fastidious, particular; (specifically) demanding a high standard of excellence, difficult to satisfy.
Curious
(obsolete) Carefully or artfully constructed; made with great elegance or skill.
Curious
Containing or pertaining to trivalent curium. Category:en:Radioactivity
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Curious
Difficult to please or satisfy; solicitous to be correct; careful; scrupulous; nice; exact.
Little curious in her clothes.
How shall we,If he be curious, work upon his faith?
Curious
Exhibiting care or nicety; artfully constructed; elaborate; wrought with elegance or skill.
To devise curious works.
His body couched in a curious bed.
Curious
Careful or anxious to learn; eager for knowledge; given to research or inquiry; habitually inquisitive; prying; - sometimes with after or of.
It is a pity a gentleman so very curious after things that were elegant and beautiful should not have been as curious as to their origin, their uses, and their natural history.
Curious
Exciting attention or inquiry; awakening surprise; inviting and rewarding inquisitiveness; not simple or plain; strange; rare.
A multitude of curious analogies.
Many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore.
Abstruse investigations in recondite branches of learning or sciense often bring to light curious results.
Many . . . which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them.
Curious
Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected;
A curious hybrid accent
Her speech has a funny twang
They have some funny ideas about war
Had an odd name
The peculiar aromatic odor of cloves
Something definitely queer about this town
What a rum fellow
Singular behavior
Curious
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
Curious investigators
Traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers
Curious about the neighbor's doings
Curious
Having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more;
A trap door that made me curious
