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
Jenny encourages us to be nosy, which isn’t about gossip.
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Nirit Cohen, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Politico broke the real-estate news by chatting with nosy neighbors and tracking data on the Meta CEO’s private jet.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 3 Apr. 2025
Of course our neighbors are nosy in Charlotte.
—Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2025
The unsecured Signal group chat may have violated the law and Department of Defense regulations, including a warning a week earlier about security vulnerabilities in the Signal app that were being targeted by nosy Russian hacking groups.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
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Nirit Cohen, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Politico broke the real-estate news by chatting with nosy neighbors and tracking data on the Meta CEO’s private jet.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 3 Apr. 2025
Of course our neighbors are nosy in Charlotte.
—Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2025
The unsecured Signal group chat may have violated the law and Department of Defense regulations, including a warning a week earlier about security vulnerabilities in the Signal app that were being targeted by nosy Russian hacking groups.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 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 20 Apr. 2025.
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