curious

• "a curious hybrid accent"
• "her speech has a funny twang"
• "they have some funny ideas about war"
• "had an odd name"
• "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"
• "something definitely queer about this town"
• "what a rum fellow"
• "singular behavior"

Synonyms

• funnyan account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line); arousing or provoking laughter; beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; not as expected; experiencing odd bodily sensations
• oddnot divisible by two ; not easily explained; an indefinite quantity more than that specified; beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; of the remaining member of a pair; not used up
• peculiarbeyond or deviating from the usual or expected; unique or specific to a person or thing or category; markedly different from the usual; characteristic of one only
• queeroffensive term for a homosexual man ; hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position ; beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; homosexual or arousing homosexual desires
• rumbeyond or deviating from the usual or expected; liquor distilled from fermented molasses ; a card game based on collecting sets and sequences
• rummybeyond or deviating from the usual or expected; a chronic drinker ; a card game based on collecting sets and sequences
• singularthe form of a word that is used to denote a singleton ; unusual or striking; beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; being a single and separate person or thing; composed of one member, set, or kind ; grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit ; the single one of its kind

• "a curious child is a teacher's delight"
• "a trap door that made me curious"
• "curious investigators"
• "traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers"
• "curious about the neighbor's doings"