busybody
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7.1
- noun
- /ˈbɪziˌbɑdi/
- Offensive
- She's a confirmed busybody.
- an old busybody
- a busybody neighbor
- a tiresome busybody
Examples
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I know my aunts are tiresome old busybodies, but it's tiresome old busybodies who always seem to cause all the trouble.
Fiction book (1991) -
Lock the door to keep out the busybodies.
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That makes you the biggest busybody in the world.
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"Are you calling me a busybody?" he asked, surprised by the notion.
Fiction book (1991) -
And since he is also a dedicated busybody, he knows everybody else's as well.
Fiction book (1999) -
He's such a busybody, always interrogating the new neighbours.
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"He's one of the worst busybodies in town," Mary Jo agreed.
Fiction book (1992) -
He's such a busybody, always asking about other people's personal matters.
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The busybody next door often looks out her window to see what everyone is doing.
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I don't appreciate that busybody who constantly tries to interfere in my affairs.
Synonyms
9
7.4
A person who secretly looks for other people's private information
5
6.6
A person who gets involved in other people's business and annoys them
4
6.1
A person who secretly listens to other people's private conversations
3
7.4
A person who secretly tries to find out about other people's private things
2
8.9
A person who wants to know about other people's private lives
1
9.9
A person who interrupts or gives unwanted opinions in other people's business without being asked
1
9.9
A person who tries to find out and spread gossip about other people's business
1
8.2
A person who is too interested in other people's private matters
Antonyms
How Meddlesome
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word busybody comes from the parts busy ('always doing things') and body ('person'), so it pictures someone who cannot stop poking into other people's private affairs.