Meaning

2 senses
  1. Prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle.

    They built tall fences, yet the nosy neighbors always seemed to know everything about them.

    neugierig, topfguckerisch

    любопы́тныйljubopýtnyj

    offensively curious or inquisitive

  2. Having a large or elongated nose.

    носатыйnosatyj

Examples

68 sentences
  1. Tom said that Mary was nosy.

    Том сказав, що Мері галаслива. — deniko

  2. Tom is too nosy.

    Том занадто цікавий. — deniko

    deTom ist zu laut. — pullnosemans

  3. Tom has some nosy neighbors.

    Том має кілька пронирливих сусідів. — uandr

  4. Tom is nosy.

    Том пронирливий. — deniko

  5. Don't be so nosy.

    Не сунь носа до чужого проса. — Ahha

    ruНе будь таким любопытным. — sharptoothed

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle:
having a large nose:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle:

Forms

nosier/more nosy, nosiest/most nosy
Comparativenosier / more nosy Lesson
Superlativenosiest / most nosy Lesson

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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