Collocations for curiosity - noun

great, intense
insatiable
She has an insatiable curiosity about life.

mild
idle, mere, pure, sheer, simple
‘Why do you ask?’ ‘Mere curiosity.’

genuine
open
Kaylee stood staring with open curiosity.

natural
School should awaken a child's natural curiosity.

morbid
intellectual, scientific
public

have
arouse, awaken, pique (esp. AmE), spark
Their curiosity was aroused by his strange clothes.

satisfy

get the better of sb, overcome sb
Harry's curiosity got the better of him and he unlocked the cupboard

take over
grow

out of curiosity
We went to the show out of curiosity more than anything else.

with curiosity
The children watched us with mild curiosity.

curiosity about
I needed to satisfy my curiosity about what it was like to make records.

a sense of curiosity