to be burning with curiosity
1curiosity — cu|ri|os|i|ty [ˌkjuəriˈɔsıti US ˌkjuriˈa:s ] n plural curiosities 1.) [singular, U] the desire to know about something ▪ I opened the packet just to satisfy my curiosity. ▪ The news aroused a lot of curiosity among local people. ▪ She decided to… …
2curiosity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Eagerness to learn Nouns 1. curiosity, curiousness; interest, thirst for knowledge; inquiring mind; inquisitiveness; meddling, nosiness; sightseeing; voyeurism; morbid curiosity, prurience. See… …
3Curiosity — (Roget s Thesaurus) >The desire of knowledge. < N PARAG:Curiosity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 interest interest thirst for knowledge Sgm: N 1 curiosity curiosity curiousness Sgm: N 1 inquiring mind inquiring mind Sgm: N 1 inquisitiveness… …
4curiosity — noun 1 (singular, uncountable) the desire to know about something, or to know about a lot of different things (+ about): Children have a natural curiosity about the world around them. | out of curiosity: Just out of curiosity, how old are you? |… …
5burn — burn1 W3S2 [bə:n US bə:rn] v past tense and past participle burnt [bə:nt US bə:rnt] or burned ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(produce flames and heat)¦ 2¦(destroy something with fire)¦ 3¦(injure/kill somebody with fire)¦ 4¦(sun)¦ 5¦(food)¦ 6¦(chemicals)¦ 7¦(fuel)¦ …
6burn — I UK [bɜː(r)n] / US [bɜrn] verb Word forms burn : present tense I/you/we/they burn he/she/it burns present participle burning past tense burned or burnt UK [bɜː(r)nt] / US [bɜrnt] past participle burned or burnt *** 1) [intransitive] if a fire or …
7burn — verb 1) the shed was burning Syn: be on fire, be alight, be ablaze, blaze, go up, go up in smoke, be in flames, be aflame; smolder, glow 2) he burned the letters Syn: set fire to, se …
8burn*/*/*/ — [bɜːn] (past tense and past participle burned burnt [bɜːnt] ) verb I 1) [T] to damage or destroy something with fire Demonstrators burned flags outside the embassy.[/ex] The old part of the city was burned to the ground (= completely destroyed by …
9prurient — Synonyms and related words: Cyprian, Fescennine, Paphian, agape, agog, all agog, animal, aphrodisiomaniacal, athirst, bawdy, blue, burning with curiosity, carnal, clitoromaniacal, coarse, concupiscent, consumed with curiosity, consumed with… …
10open eyed — Synonyms and related words: Argus eyed, advertent, agape, aghast, agog, alert, all agog, all ears, all eyes, amazed, assiduous, astonished, astounded, at gaze, attentive, aux aguets, aware, awed, awestruck, beguiled, bewildered, bewitched,… …
