nosey
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5.5
- adjective
- /ˈnoʊ.zi/
- UK
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entrometido
- Nosey neighbors.
- a nosey little
- so nosey
Every lifetime I've been a fat, old, nosy Jewish woman that is always in trouble with her big mouth.
- Every lifetime I've been a fat, old, nosy Jewish woman that is always in trouble with her big mouth.
Examples
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Forgive me for asking a couple of potentially nosey questions?
Blog text (7) -
Her nosey behavior often irritated her friends, who valued their privacy.
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Being nosey was what caused me to set off the alarm!
Blog text (3) -
I hope I'm not being nosey.
Fiction book (1999) -
I don't wish to be nosey, but what did you do before you married Peter?
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This is just a case of some nosey busybody doing what they do best: gossip.
Blog text (14) -
Kurt hates the BFF because she's nosey and likes to gossip.
Blog text (32) -
I don't want to be nosey, but I couldn't help overhearing your conversation.
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He asked a very nosey question about my personal life, which caught me off guard.
Synonyms
60
3.4
Too interested in other people's private life in an annoying way
52
6.1
Entering where you are not wanted and disturbing someone's privacy
25
4.4
Wanting to know or learn things, sometimes too nosy
8
7.2
Tending to get involved in other people's business and annoy them
1
8.4
A person who is too interested in other people's private lives
1
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
A person who tries to control other people's lives
Antonyms
Compounds
- UK
A person who tries to find out what other people are doing when it does not concern them
How Nosey
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nosey comes from the simple word nose — imagine someone 'sticking their nose into' a neighbour's window or conversation. That's why nosey means being too curious about other people's lives and bothering them.