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1 curiosity
1. n любознательность; пытливость2. n любопытство3. n странность4. n редкая антикварная вещьold curiosity shop — антикварный магазин, «лавка древностей»
Синонимический ряд:1. interest (noun) concern; interest; interestedness; regard2. nosiness (noun) inquisitiveness; meddling; nosiness; prying3. oddity (noun) conversation; conversation piece; curio; marvel; novelty; oddity; peculiarity; piece; rarity; singularityАнтонимический ряд:abstraction; apathy; bagatelle; cipher; dirt; disregard; drug; heedlessness; indifference; song; weed -
2 inquisitiveness
1. n пытливость, любознательность2. n любопытствоСинонимический ряд:1. interest (noun) curiosities'; interest2. nosiness (noun) curiosity; curiousness; meddling; nosiness; prying
См. также в других словарях:
nosiness — nosy (also nosey) ► ADJECTIVE (nosier, nosiest) informal ▪ too inquisitive about other people s affairs. DERIVATIVES nosily adverb nosiness noun … English terms dictionary
nosiness — noun offensive inquisitiveness • Syn: ↑prying, ↑snoopiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑snoopy (for: ↑snoopiness), ↑pry (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
nosiness — noun see nosy … New Collegiate Dictionary
nosiness — noun The property of being nosy … Wiktionary
nosiness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal. Undue interest in the affairs of others: curiosity, curiousness, inquisitiveness. Informal: snoopiness. See INVESTIGATE … English dictionary for students
nosy — or nosey adjective (nosier; est) Etymology: 1nose Date: 1882 of prying or inquisitive disposition or quality ; intrusive • nosily adverb • nosiness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
nosy — (also nosey) adjective (nosier, nosiest) informal showing too much curiosity about other people s affairs. Derivatives nosily adverb nosiness noun … English new terms dictionary
nosy nosey — adjective always wanting to find out things that do not concern you, especially other people s private affairs: Don t be so nosy! It s none of your business. nosiness noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
nosy — UK [ˈnəʊzɪ] / US [ˈnoʊzɪ] adjective Word forms nosy : adjective nosy comparative nosier superlative nosiest showing disapproval wanting to know about things that involve other people but not you Don t be so nosy! Derived word: nosiness noun… … English dictionary
nosy — [ˈnəʊzi] adj showing disapproval wanting to know about things that involve other people but not you nosiness noun [U] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
nosy — /ˈnoʊzi / (say nohzee) adjective (nosier, nosiest) Colloquial prying; inquisitive. Also, nosey. –nosily, adverb –nosiness, noun …