Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with curious in American Collocation
curious
adjective
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
very
Children are insatiably curious and may well find medicines which are not in a locked cabinet.
slightly
Clicking this link implies that you are at least mildly curious about me.
rather
I am somewhat curious as to your reasons for telling people about your diagnosis.
only
Some requests are from researchers for media programmes and some are from people who are just plain curious.
naturally
I am a naturally curious person.
about academic work
We are looking for students who are intellectually curious.
in an unpleasant way
Only the expert, or the morbidly curious, would want to linger in a funeral parlour.
be curious
I have always felt curious about other countries.
become curious
He ran off when passers-by became curious.
I’m curious to know why you left the army.
Teachers at the High School aim to create inquisitive, curious young people who will always have that desire to find out more.
very
He died in very curious circumstances.
rather
It’s rather curious, but there isn’t any photograph.
slightly
It was a slightly curious thing but on the very first day of the new month the weather settled down and we got a week of hotish, dry weather.