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as in prying
interested in what is not one's own business
nosy in-laws asking about our finances
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as in busy
thrusting oneself where one is not welcome or invited
a nosy coworker sat down right next to us as we were having an unmistakably private conversation
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Recent Examples of nosy
Netflix’s dark comedy, in which Lavin plays Lisa Kudrow and Ray Romano’s nosy neighbor, marked Feldman’s second collaboration with Lavin following her work as a consulting producer on Lavin’s 2017 sitcom 9JKL.
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2024
Even Greg the realtor (Matt Rogers) comes out smiling with an increasingly lucrative commission from the Morgans, and the nosy neighbor Phyllis (Linda Lavin, for whom Feldman specifically wrote the role) has plenty to gossip about with a slew of new neighbors.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 14 Dec. 2024
Lydia becomes more alarmed and suspicious when nosy neighbor Phyllis sends her security-camera footage from the night before that clearly shows Leslie trespassing on the Morgans’ property.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
One of the performers was dressed as Agatha Harkness, Kathryn Hahn's witchy character who originally disguised herself as the nosy neighbor of Elizabeth Olsen's Wanda Maximoff in the town of Westview.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2024
Even Greg the realtor (Matt Rogers) comes out smiling with an increasingly lucrative commission from the Morgans, and the nosy neighbor Phyllis (Linda Lavin, for whom Feldman specifically wrote the role) has plenty to gossip about with a slew of new neighbors.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 14 Dec. 2024
Lydia becomes more alarmed and suspicious when nosy neighbor Phyllis sends her security-camera footage from the night before that clearly shows Leslie trespassing on the Morgans’ property.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
One of the performers was dressed as Agatha Harkness, Kathryn Hahn's witchy character who originally disguised herself as the nosy neighbor of Elizabeth Olsen's Wanda Maximoff in the town of Westview.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nosy
Adjective
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But inquiring into the specifics of familial dynamics is impudent and prying -- and a line of questioning that most people would be happy to avoid answering themselves.—
Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin,
oregonlive,
4 Feb. 2023
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But inquiring into the specifics of familial dynamics is impudent and prying — and a line of questioning that most people would be happy to avoid answering themselves.—
Jacobina Martin,
Washington Post,
4 Feb. 2023
Adjective
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Zoom in: In December, Indianapolis International Airport announced that more than 10 million people traveled through the airport in 2024, a new record. More than 2.8 million people flew through the Indy airport in June, July and August, marking the busiest summer in the airport's history.—
Justin L. Mack,
Axios,
22 Jan. 2025
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And the 2025 awards ceremony could turn out to be a pretty busy night for him: Noah is also serving as a producer for the show, and could potentially need to get up and give an acceptance speech as one of this year’s nominees.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The principal investigators and students were smart and inquisitive, their labs had expertise in building things, and everyone was genuinely curious about the experiments being designed and performed.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
25 Nov. 2024
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Max is frantic and inquisitive, peppering Avery with questions and clinically presenting the possible scenarios; Tristan remains calm and collected, downplaying the situation while expressing aloof support.—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
21 Nov. 2024
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Cue the invasion, with 220 tour buses making the two-hour, 130-kilometer (78-mile) trip, alongside cars full of curious day visitors, blocking the resort’s narrow roads and angering its 1,500 local residents.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau and Antonia Mortensen,
CNN,
29 Jan. 2025
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The grave became a place of veneration, then a site of controversy in the early 2000s when Little Round Top’s owner began to shoo away the curious.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Nosy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nosy. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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