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Meanings of nosy in English
Synonyms
Examples for "prying"
Examples for "prying"
1
Forbes' practice of prying for personal information again reminds her of Gordon.
2
So said the books, but he still felt a compulsion and prying.
3
He doesn't see any way of opening it beside prying it out.
4
He reached the dam, and prying at the gate, opened the way.
5
But here those dreadful newspapers interfered; a prying into sweet secluded spots.
1
She was in here the other day and she is so nosey.
2
I'm not asking about your problem with the cops to be nosey.
3
So you could really see if you're one of those nosey neighbors.
4
Georgia bats Zoë on the arm and says, 'Don't be so nosey.'
5
I was feeling nosey, so I was listening and watching their conversation.
1
He lost his temper & told the 11-yr.-old girl she was a snoopy sneak.
2
A snoopy neighbor with the tip of the century.
3
Well, never mind dear, I shan't be snoopy too.
4
What's the matter, you snoopy bastard?
5
When a birth control clininc is raided by snoopy policewoman, Mr. Ernst turns up in cort, champion of freedom.
Usage of nosy in English
1
Besides, you don't want these nosy folks to start askin' you questions.
2
Many expressed their sympathy to Oliver Hitchens's colleagues, others were just nosy.
3
More to the point, the patrons would probably not be too nosy.
4
I brought up Google and behaved like a normal, everyday nosy citizen.
5
She might be one of those, or maybe just another nosy reporter.
6
So who else lives here? He realized it was a nosy question.
7
That nosy, childish, prying, know-it-all little brat is perfect in every way.
8
Living in the same small apartment, worrying about the same nosy neighbors.
9
I should have shot the nosy bastard, he thought with cold ferocity.
10
You just keep your perception peeled for characters who might be over-nosy.
11
Not that she was nosy-okay ,shetotally was, but she didn't pry.
12
He doesn't like the idea that the nosy old cock-knocker did that.
13
Maybe it was important enough to kill a nosy wizard over, too.
14
We don't want any innocent nosy parkers getting involved, do we?'
15
The State Department has not identified the nosy contract employees or their company.
16
As we've seen, smartphones are also powerful proxy surveillance tools for nosy governments.
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Nosy through the time
Nosy across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common