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Nosy

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Adjective

1. nosey, nosy, prying, snoopy

offensively curious or inquisitive

Example Sentences:
'curious about the neighbor's doings'
'he flipped through my letters in his nosy way'
'prying eyes'
'the snoopy neighbor watched us all day'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Nosy

see synonyms of nosy
adjectiveWord forms: nosier or nosiest
informal
prying or inquisitive

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Nosy

see synonyms of nosy
adjectiveWord forms: ˈnosier or ˈnosiest
Informal
given to prying; inquisitive

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Nosy

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adj. nos·i·er, nos·i·est
Informal
Given to or showing an intrusive curiosity about the affairs of others; prying.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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