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Nosy   /nˈoʊzi/   Listen
Nosy

adjective
1.
Offensively curious or inquisitive.  Synonyms: nosey, prying, snoopy.  "He flipped through my letters in his nosy way" , "Prying eyes" , "The snoopy neighbor watched us all day"



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"Nosy" Quotes from Famous Books



... stumbling over that damn feller, Baxter!" The manservant and the maidservant within the gates, like Miss Willoughby, employing that crisp gift for characterization which is the property of the English lower orders, described him as a Nosy Parker. ...
— Something New • Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

... controlled him with my eye, but I could not bring it to bear where I was, or rather where he was; thus I was left a prisoner. I am a very cool person, I flatter myself; in fact, I represent a hardware firm, and, in coolness, we are not excelled by any but perhaps the nosy gentlemen that sell wearing-apparel. I got out a cigar and smoked tailor-style on the table, while my little tyrant below kept watch for legs. I got out the telegram and read it: "Remarkable pup. Be polite to him; it's safer." ...
— Animal Heroes • Ernest Thompson Seton

... League Headquarters fidgeted around, hoping to get the kind of report from Mantelish and Fayle that Mantelish thought they'd already received. They were wondering where Fayle was, too. But they knew Fayle was Security, so they didn't like to get too nosy." ...
— Legacy • James H Schmitz



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