busybody

  • 11busybody — noun (C) someone who is too interested in other people s private activities: You interfering old busybody! …

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  • 12busybody — noun Date: 1526 an officious or inquisitive person …

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  • 13busybody — /biz ee bod ee/, n., pl. busybodies. a person who pries into or meddles in the affairs of others. [1520 30; BUSY + BODY] Syn. snoop, pry, meddler, Nosy Parker; gossip, blabbermouth. * * * …

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  • 14busybody — Synonyms and related words: Paul Pry, Peeping Tom, a tale bearing animal, backseat driver, butt in, butt in, buttinsky, eavesdropper, fool, gossip, gossip columnist, gossiper, gossipmonger, horn in, informer, inquirer, inquisitive, inquisitor,… …

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  • 15busybody — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. meddler, snooper, gossip, talebearer, kibitzer. See curiosity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. snoop, meddler, pry, gossip, tattletale, eavesdropper, prier, intriguer, intruder, troublemaker, buttinsky*,… …

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  • 16busybody — bus|y|bod|y [ˈbıziˌbɔdi US ˌba:di] n plural busybodies someone who is too interested in other people s private activities used to show disapproval …

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  • 17busybody — n. nosy person, one who involves himself in other people s affairs …

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  • 18busybody — noun (plural busybodies) a meddling or prying person …

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  • 19busybody — n. Meddler, intermeddler, meddlesome person, officious person, prig …

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  • 20busybody — noun I was labeled a snob because I didn t care to belong to her nest of busybodies Syn: meddler, interferer, mischief maker, troublemaker; gossip, scandalmonger; eavesdropper; informal kibitzer, buttinsky, snoop, snooper, Nosy Parker, yenta …

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