busybody

busybody
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, interfere, interlope, intermeddler, kibitzer, make, meddler, monkey with, mouse, newsmonger, newspaperman, nose, nosy Parker, peeper, poke, pragmatic, pragmatist, prier, pry, querier, querist, questioner, quidnunc, reporter, rubber, rubberneck, rubbernecker, rumormonger, scandalmonger, scopophiliac, sightseer, snook, snoop, snooper, tabby, talebearer, taleteller, tamper with, tattler, tattletale, telltale, tittle-tattler, voyeur, yenta

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  • Busybody — Bus y*bod y ( b[o^]d [y^]), n.; pl. {Busybodies} ( b[o^]d [i^]z). One who officiously concerns himself with the affairs of others; a meddling person. [1913 Webster] And not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • busybody — 1520s, from BUSY (Cf. busy) + BODY (Cf. body) person …   Etymology dictionary

  • busybody — [n] nosy, impertinent person backseat driver*, butt in*, buttinsky*, eavesdropper, fink*, fussbudget, gossip, intermeddler, intruder, meddler, newsmonger*, nosey parker*, rubberneck*, scandalmonger*, sidewalk superintendent*, snoop, snooper,… …   New thesaurus

  • busybody — ► NOUN ▪ a meddling or prying person …   English terms dictionary

  • busybody — [biz′ēbäd΄ē] n. pl. busybodies a person who mixes into other people s affairs; meddler or gossip …   English World dictionary

  • busybody — [[t]bɪ̱zibɒdi[/t]] busybodies N COUNT (disapproval) If you refer to someone as a busybody, you are criticizing the way they interfere in other people s affairs. [INFORMAL] Some busybody tipped off the police, and they arrested someone …   English dictionary

  • busybody — UK [ˈbɪzɪˌbɒdɪ] / US [ˈbɪzɪˌbɑdɪ] noun [countable] Word forms busybody : singular busybody plural busybodies informal showing disapproval someone who is very interested in other people s private lives and activities and tries to get involved in… …   English dictionary

  • busybody —    Used since the sixteenth century to describe someone who is meddlesome, and takes an unwanted interest in other people’s affairs. ‘Little busybody’ is said to a child aged six by an older boy in Villette, by Charlotte Brontë. In The Pleasure… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • busybody — noun Someone who interferes with others; one who is nosy, intrusive or meddlesome. Se that none of you suffre as a murtherer or as a thefe or an evyll doar or as a busybody in other mens matters. Syn: marplot, meddler, kibitzer, nosy parker …   Wiktionary

  • busybody — bus|y|bod|y [ bızi,badi ] noun count INFORMAL someone who is very interested in other people s private lives and activities and tries to get involved in them in a way that is annoying: She s such an interfering busybody …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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

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