variants
or nosey
nosier; nosiest
: of prying or inquisitive (see inquisitive sense 2) disposition or quality : intrusive
nosy reporters
nosy neighbors
Examples of nosy in a Sentence
nosy in-laws asking about our finances
a nosy coworker sat down right next to us as we were having an unmistakably private conversation
Recent Examples on the Web
Provincial judgments and resentments peek their nosy heads out, then close their shutters again; intimacy and passive aggression babble like intersecting creeks; everyone interrupts everyone, and on they all tumble together.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
Turns out, the antidote to any reading slump is just being nosy.
—Meg Zukin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2025
Bet that nosy teacher wasn't expecting that kind of answer.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
From political infighting among an international coterie of bishops, to nosy clerical gossiping, to Isabella Rossellini as a nun with ulterior motives, to car bombs, the movie — based on an airport novel of the same name by Robert Harris — is arguably overwrought and overstuffed, if endlessly fun.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 12 Jan. 2025
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
Turns out, the antidote to any reading slump is just being nosy.
—Meg Zukin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2025
Bet that nosy teacher wasn't expecting that kind of answer.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
From political infighting among an international coterie of bishops, to nosy clerical gossiping, to Isabella Rossellini as a nun with ulterior motives, to car bombs, the movie — based on an airport novel of the same name by Robert Harris — is arguably overwrought and overstuffed, if endlessly fun.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 12 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nosy
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“Nosy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nosy. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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