curious
adjective
[ ˈkjʊərɪəs ]
• eager to know or learn something.
• "I began to be curious about the whereabouts of the bride and groom"
• strange; unusual.
• "a curious sensation overwhelmed her"
Similar:
strange,
odd,
peculiar,
funny,
unusual,
bizarre,
weird,
eccentric,
queer,
unexpected,
unfamiliar,
abnormal,
out of the ordinary,
atypical,
anomalous,
untypical,
different,
out of the way,
surprising,
incongruous,
extraordinary,
remarkable,
puzzling,
mystifying,
mysterious,
perplexing,
baffling,
unaccountable,
inexplicable,
irregular,
singular,
offbeat,
unconventional,
unorthodox,
outlandish,
off-centre,
aberrant,
freak,
freakish,
deviant,
uncanny,
eerie,
unnatural,
out of the common,
outré,
unco,
off the wall,
wacky,
rum,
wacko,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French curios, from Latin curiosus ‘careful’, from cura ‘care’. curious (sense 2) dates from the early 18th century.
