NOSY


Meaning of NOSY in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

nosy parker

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

I don't wish to interfere/be nosy etc

Mrs Tidy/Mrs Efficient/Mrs Nosy etc

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

A nosy neighbor actually videotaped them in their own backyard.

At first, the children are afraid to ask questions they think might be impolite or nosy .

Stop being so nosy !

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Being the nosy type, I thought I'd pick his brains.

He was also branded a nosy parker by some of his Abingdon neighbours.

How, she wondered, might she look in without seeming nosy ?

Not those nosy Klubocks, she thought, turning to see the back door fly open.

Such questions from the likes of nosy old hacks like me are an occupational hazard of the famous.

Those who butt in because they are curious, nosy and feel entitled to the involvement they seek.

Tonight the nosy Klubocks could look all they wanted.

We got to install an Indwelling Curiosity Cutout in some nosy booger.

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