Curiosity and Sympathy

Curiosity

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

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

Nearby Words: curious, curiously

Sympathy noun - Sorrow or the capacity to feel sorrow for another's suffering or misfortune.

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Curiosity and sympathy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Curiosity" instead a noun "Sympathy".

full	full curiosity	full sympathy
pure	pure curiosity	pure sympathy
natural	natural curiosity	natural sympathy
thoughtful	thoughtful curiosity	thoughtful sympathy
Other adjectives: genuine, deep, strong, great, little, sexual, vague, minor, apparent, mere, negative, growing.

Scully shows a reasonable amount of curiosity and sympathy in her version of events, but in Mulder's version she whines about being hungry and tells him not to sit on her bed.

Source: No Sympathy

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