Curiosity and Shock

Curiosity

Curiosity noun - An eager desire to find out about things that are often none of one's business.

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Shock and curiosity are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shock" instead a noun "Curiosity".

Nearby Words: curious, curiously

Shock noun - A forceful coming together of two things.

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Curiosity and shock are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Curiosity" instead a noun "Shock".

Nearby Words: shocking, shocked, shockingly, shocker

full	full curiosity	full shock
pure	pure curiosity	pure shock
mild	mild curiosity	mild shock
genuine	genuine curiosity	genuine shock
Other adjectives: sheer, deep, obvious, bright, strong, great, little, slight, minor, apparent.

Sarris gets one when he finally gets to see the "historical documents." Given the makeup, the actor's amazing at it, emoting from curiosity, to disbelief, to hilarious shock.

Source: Film / Galaxy Quest
Most of the mind screwing is in the nature of little mysteries left unexplained to everyone... including the characters, making it less of a shock and more of a curiosity that accentuates the surreal setting.

Source: Mind Screw / Anime and Manga

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