variants
or nosey
nosier; nosiest
: of prying or inquisitive (see inquisitive sense 2) disposition or quality : intrusive
nosy reporters
nosy neighbors
Examples of nosy in a Sentence
nosy in-laws asking about our finances
a nosy coworker sat down right next to us as we were having an unmistakably private conversation
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Everyone has met a nosy co-worker more interested in your weekend plans than your professional achievements.
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Keyaira Boone, Essence, 18 Apr. 2024
Like the unnamed narrator who finds Hester Prynne’s scarlet letter in the Salem Custom House and then sets about telling her tale, Banks’s narrators are anonymous busybodies and town gossips, nosy neighbors or observers once removed from the action.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2024
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Keyaira Boone, Essence, 18 Apr. 2024
Like the unnamed narrator who finds Hester Prynne’s scarlet letter in the Salem Custom House and then sets about telling her tale, Banks’s narrators are anonymous busybodies and town gossips, nosy neighbors or observers once removed from the action.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2024
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“Nosy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nosy. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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