Inquisitorial Synonyms and Antonyms

ĭn-kwĭzĭ-tôrē-əl
Unduly interested in the affairs of others
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. curious
  2. inquisitive
  3. nosy
  4. snoopy
Especially indicating a form of prosecution in which proceedings are secret and the accused is questioned by a prosecutor who acts also as the judge
(Adjective)
Antonyms:
  1. accusatorial

Words Related to Inquisitorial

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. investigate
  2. adversarial
  3. adjudicative

Inquisitorial Sentence Examples

  • English procedure, however, being litigious, and not, like continental European procedure, inquisitorial, in its character, the expert soon became, and still is, simply a witness to speak to matters of opinion.

  • He had to steer a middle course between the extremes represented by the Carbonari on the one hand and the Sanfedisti on the other, and he consistently refused to employ the cruel and inquisitorial methods in vogue under his successors.

  • Without taking a degree he removed his name from the college books in April 1798, as a protest against the inquisitorial examination of the political views of the students conducted by Lord Clare as chancellor of the university.

  • The inquisitorial nature of the proceedings aroused strong opposition among the Germans, and many of them refused to pay.

  • The Board of Control of State Institutions has supervisory and inquisitorial powers over all county and private institutions in the state in which insane are kept, and over homes for friendless children maintained by societies or institutions.

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