Word Meanings - INCURIOSITY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Want of curiosity or interest; inattentiveness; indifference. Sir H. Wotton.

Related words: (words related to INCURIOSITY)

• INTERESTED
  1. Having the attention engaged; having emotion or passion excited; as, an interested listener. 2. Having an interest; concerned in a cause or in consequences; liable to be affected or prejudiced; as, an interested witness.
• INTERESTINGNESS
  The condition or quality of being interesting. A. Smith.
• INDIFFERENCE
  1. The quality or state of being indifferent, or not making a difference; want of sufficient importance to constitute a difference; absence of weight; insignificance. 2. Passableness; mediocrity. 3. Impartiality; freedom from prejudice,
• INTEREST
  1. To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work. To love our native country . . . to be interested in
• INTERESTEDNESS
  The state or quality of being interested; selfishness. Richardson.
• INTERESTINGLY
  In an interesting manner.
• CURIOSITY
  curiouste, curiosite, OF. curioseté, curiosité, F. curiosit, fr. L. 1. The state or quality or being curious; nicety; accuracy; exactness; elaboration. Bacon. When thou wast in thy gilt and thy perfume, they mocked thee for too much curiosity.
• INTERESTING
  Engaging the attention; exciting, or adapted to excite, interest, curiosity, or emotion; as, an interesting story; interesting news. Cowper.
• DISINTERESTING
  Uninteresting. "Disinteresting passages." Bp. Warburton.
• UNINTERESTED
  1. Not interested; not having any interest or property in; having nothing at stake; as, to be uninterested in any business. 2. Not having the mind or the passions engaged; as, uninterested in a discourse or narration.
• INCURIOSITY
  Want of curiosity or interest; inattentiveness; indifference. Sir H. Wotton.
• SELF-INTERESTED
  Particularly concerned for one's own interest or happiness.
• DISINTEREST
  Disinterested. The measures they shall walk by shall be disinterest and even. Jer. Taylor.
• BY-INTEREST
  Self-interest; private advantage. Atterbury.
• DISINTERESTED
  Not influenced by regard to personal interest or advantage; free from selfish motive; having no relation of interest or feeling; not biased or prejudiced; as, a disinterested decision or judge. The happiness of disinterested sacrifices. Channing.
• DISINTERESTEDNESS
  The state or quality of being disinterested; impartiality. That perfect disinterestedness and self-devotion of which man seems to be incapable, but which is sometimes found in woman. Macaulay.
• DISINTERESTEDLY
  In a disinterested manner; without bias or prejudice.
• SELF-INTEREST
  Private interest; the interest or advantage of one's self.