nosy
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3.4
- adjective
- /ˈnoʊzi/
- Offensive
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- She asked too many nosy questions about my personal life.
So I asked my followers on Instagram some nosy questions.
- So I asked my followers on Instagram some nosy questions.
- I don't support being a nosy neighbor unless it's super juicy, right?
- I just thought this is just like people being nosy and another reason to judge what I'm doing.
- So if you're a nosy person and you're watching this, then hi nosy person.
- But then also with respect to people coming into the cordon, are they just being nosy?
- You don't want to be nosy, but you want to be curious who's the greatest liar you ever met?
- He didn't have nosy, you know, parents coming around.
- And, you know, we took a walk, made out, all that sort of stuff, got interrupted by my my grandpa, who is kind of nosy.
- We we had the same the same across the street situation being nosy.
- So pretty much the old man was just a nosy old fuck.
- When people ask people what superpower you want, if your answer is invisibility, you're a nosy bitch you don't know how to keep to yourself.
- Just being fucking nosy, I suppose, and just hearing things that I don't and haven't and won't experience in my life that some of you are experiencing.
Examples
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So if you're a nosy person and you're watching this, then hi nosy person.
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All my neighbors are nosy, but I'm not worried about their reactions.
Fiction book (1991) -
And I hope you guys have enjoyed having a little nosy around my phone.
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- Mind if I get a bit nosy?
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- You stop being nosy.
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So I asked my followers on Instagram some nosy questions.
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The only problem is I have a nosy landlady.
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Throughout the dinner, Kwan did not act weird, although she did ask Simon nosy questions about his parents.
Fiction book (1996) -
You sure are nosy.
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It's bad enough to feel rotten without having nosy intruders barging in on my privacy.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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6.1
Entering where you are not wanted and disturbing someone's privacy
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4.4
Wanting to know or learn things, sometimes too nosy
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7.5
Showing too much interest in other people's affairs
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5.5
Showing too much interest in other people's private lives
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7.2
Tending to get involved in other people's business and annoy them
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8.4
A person who is too interested in other people's private lives
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7.9
Too curious about things that do not concern you
Showing too much interest in other people's private lives in an annoying way
A person who tries to find out or change other people's private lives
Antonyms
Compounds
How Nosy
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Morphology
Etymology
The word nosy comes from the simple word nose plus the ending -y, because people used the idea of 'sticking their nose' into other people's affairs. So a nosy person is someone who is too curious about private matters.