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- Dictionarynosy/ˈnəʊzi/
adjective
- 1. showing too much curiosity about other people's affairs: "nosy neighbours"
verb
- 1. pry into something: "they don't nosy into your business like some people"
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NOSY definition: 1. too interested in what other people are doing and wanting to discover too much about them: 2…. Learn more.
The meaning of NOSY is of prying or inquisitive disposition or quality : intrusive. How to use nosy in a sentence.
Nosy is used to describe someone who asks too many questions about or otherwise pries into other people’s business because they are overly curious about it. It’s especially used to describe someone who does this all the time.
NOSY meaning: 1. too interested in what other people are doing and wanting to discover too much about them: 2…. Learn more.
A nosy person pokes their nose into other people’s affairs. Do you know anyone who is always asking personal questions and loves to hear gossip? That person is nosy.
If you describe someone as nosy, you mean that they are interested in things which do not concern them. [informal, disapproval] He was having to whisper in order to avoid being overheard by their nosy neighbours. I agree that the press is often too nosy about a candidate's personal history.
nosy - offensively curious or inquisitive; "curious about the neighbor's doings"; "he flipped through my letters in his nosy way"; "prying eyes"; "the snoopy neighbor watched us all day"
