Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Given to or showing an intrusive curiosity about the affairs of others; prying.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a large or prominent nose.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Offensively or intrusively curious; prying; nosey.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
prying ,inquisitive orcurious in other’saffairs ; tending tosnoop ormeddle
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective offensively curious or inquisitive
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Examples
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Sadly, it washed off but not before certain nosy neighbors were suitably horrified ..
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As a student of human nature another word for "nosy" I followed them to see what happened, as did another man who began to ask questions of the police.
Lillian Daniel: Acting Out On The Airplane Lillian Daniel 2011
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As a student of human nature another word for "nosy" I followed them to see what happened, as did another man who began to ask questions of the police.
Lillian Daniel: Acting Out On The Airplane Lillian Daniel 2011
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As a student of human nature another word for "nosy" I followed them to see what happened, as did another man who began to ask questions of the police.
Lillian Daniel: Acting Out On The Airplane Lillian Daniel 2011
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As a student of human nature another word for "nosy" I followed them to see what happened, as did another man who began to ask questions of the police.
Lillian Daniel: Acting Out On The Airplane Lillian Daniel 2011
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And it largely worked because people instinctively recoil at the idea of nosy creeps like Starr rifling through other people's underwear drawers.
Hullabaloo 2004
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And it largely worked because people instinctively recoil at the idea of nosy creeps like Starr rifling through other people's underwear drawers.
Hullabaloo 2004
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And it largely worked because people instinctively recoil at the idea of nosy creeps like Starr rifling through other people's underwear drawers.
Hullabaloo 2004
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This morning a group of so-po bloggers walked with other NGOs and political parties peeved with the 50 so-called nosy Australian lawmakers who wanted Malaysia to stop an on-going trial in the name of justice.
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No subject should be considered too "nosy" between a wife and husband.
Ask Amy 2010
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