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Meanings of nosy in English

Offensively curious or inquisitive.

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Usage of nosy in English
1
Besides, you don't want these nosy folks to start askin' you questions.
God don't like ugly
2
Many expressed their sympathy to Oliver Hitchens's colleagues, others were just nosy.
A nose for justice
3
More to the point, the patrons would probably not be too nosy.
Provenance
4
I brought up Google and behaved like a normal, everyday nosy citizen.
A knife edge
5
She might be one of those, or maybe just another nosy reporter.
Danielle Steel
6
So who else lives here? He realized it was a nosy question.
Layover in dubai
7
That nosy, childish, prying, know-it-all little brat is perfect in every way.
Terminal
8
Living in the same small apartment, worrying about the same nosy neighbors.
The arms maker of berlin
9
I should have shot the nosy bastard, he thought with cold ferocity.
Big city girl
10
You just keep your perception peeled for characters who might be over-nosy.
Highways in Hiding
11
Not that she was nosy-okay ,shetotally was, but she didn't pry.
Here comes trouble
12
He doesn't like the idea that the nosy old cock-knocker did that.
Mr. Mercedes
13
Maybe it was important enough to kill a nosy wizard over, too.
Death masks
14
We don't want any innocent nosy parkers getting involved, do we?'
Something in the water
15
The State Department has not identified the nosy contract employees or their company.
Wired
16
As we've seen, smartphones are also powerful proxy surveillance tools for nosy governments.
Wired
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common