nosy
IPA: nˈoʊzi
noun
- (UK, slang) A look at something to satisfy one's curiosity.
- (childish, rare) A nose.
verb
- (informal, with into) To pry into something.
adjective
- Prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle.
- Having a large or elongated nose.
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Examples of "nosy" in Sentences
- No subject should be considered too "nosy" between a wife and husband.
- Sadly, it washed off but not before certain nosy neighbors were suitably horrified ..
- And it largely worked because people instinctively recoil at the idea of nosy creeps like Starr rifling through other people's underwear drawers.
- 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.
- 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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