2022-01-31
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – C - curious & inquisitive
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Dictionary.com:
ออกเสียง curious = “KYOOR-ee-uhs”
ออกเสียง inquisitive = “in-KWIZ-i-tiv”
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions:
curious & inquisitive
Curious suggests a desire to know,
Especially, to learnabout matters that are not really one’s concern or business:
“This resident is curious about the activities of his neighbors.”
Inquisitive implies the asking of questions,
the act of prying, in order to satisfy curiosity:
“This determined fieldworker was inquisitive in her research.”
A person can becurious
while doing nothing more than wondering,
but an inquisitive individual engages in spying, peeping, or prying.
Dictionary.com:
SYNONYM STUDY FOR CURIOUS
Curious, inquisitive, meddlesome, prying
refer to taking an undue (and petty) interest in others' affairs.
Curious implies a desire to know what is not properly one's concern:
curious about a neighbor's habits.
Inquisitive implies asking impertinent questions
in an effort to satisfy curiosity:
inquisitive about a neighbor's habits.
Meddlesome implies thrusting oneself into
and taking an active part in other people's affairs entirely unasked and unwelcomed:
a meddlesome cousin who tries to run the affairs of a family.
Prying implies a meddlesome and persistent inquiring into others' affairs:
a prying reporter inquiring into the secrets of a business firm.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Choose the Right Synonym for curious
Curious, Inquisitive, Prying
mean interested in what is not one's personal or proper concern.
Curious, a neutral term, basically connotes an active desire to learn or to know. children are curious about everything
Inquisitive suggests impertinent and habitual curiosity and persistent quizzing.
dreaded the visits of their inquisitive relatives
Prying implies busy meddling and officiousness.
prying neighbors who refuse to mind their own business
Did you know?
Since the 1300s, "curious" has been variously used
to describe things that in some way require, invite,
or are characterized by carefulness or inquisitiveness.
In so doing, it carries on the legacy of its Latin source,
the adjective curiosus, meaning "careful" or "inquisitive."
The comparative of "curious" is "more curious,"
though it is not unusual to encounter the phrase
"curiouser and curiouser," made popular by the title character of
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
who, Lewis Carroll tells us,
"was so much surprised that for the moment
she quite forgot how to speak good English."
Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree:
Curious = eager to acquire knowledge; inquisitive:
He was curious to know how she had come by so many of the rare objects.
Not to be confused with:
curious – unusual objects of art, valued as a curiosity:
She has a special cabinet for her curios.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Choose the Right Synonym for inquisitive
Curious, Inquisitive, Prying
mean interested in what is not one's personal
or proper concern.
Curious, a neutral term, basically connotes an active desire to learn
or to know.
children are curious about everything
Inquisitive suggests impertinent and habitual curiosity and persistent quizzing.
dreaded the visits of their inquisitive relatives
Prying implies busy meddling and officiousness.
prying neighbors who refuse to mind their own business
