nosyadjective
nosier, nosiest also nosey uk/ˈnəʊ.zi/us/ˈnoʊ.zi/disapprovingC2 too interested in what other people are doing and wanting to discover too much about them:
She was complaining about her nosy parents.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Curiosity
- curiosity
- curiosity killed the cat idiom
- curious
- inquiring
- inquisitive
- inquisitorial
- meddlesome
- nose
- nosy parker
- prurient
- quizzical
- snoot
- stick your nose into sth idiom
- stick your snoot in/into (sth) idiom
- thirsty
nosily
adverb uk/ˈnəʊ.zəl.i/us/ˈnoʊ.zəl.i/
"Who was that on the phone?" she asked nosily.
nosiness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈnəʊ.zi.nəs/us/ˈnoʊ.zi.nəs/