busybody
Americannoun
plural
busybodiesnoun
Other Word Forms
- busybodying noun
Etymology
Origin of busybody
Example Sentences
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The third choice is to stay in contact — with or without repaying the $1,000 — and manage him as you would a busybody neighbor or annoying acquaintance who wants to be closer than you are.
From MarketWatch
Your siblings and any other busybody family members would have no say.
From MarketWatch
A bunch of dead busybodies who knew nothing about him and what he could handle, what he handled every day without complaint.
From Literature
After class I played with President Davis’s daughters, nicknamed Dit, Dot, and Dash—the same as the Morse code signals the military used to communicate— because they were such busybodies.
From Literature
He sometimes came across as a busybody, she said, but many residents thought he was watching out for the neighborhood.
From Los Angeles Times
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