busybody
noun
a person who pries into or meddles in the affairs of others.
busybodies
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pluralof busybody.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Apparently, other parents decided they didn't want these busybodies telling them how to educate or raise their kids so they ran against them and won.
From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2023
This particular Planned Parenthood is where high school girls in my town would go if they needed birth control and didn’t want any busybodies ratting them out if they were spotted at the local clinic.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2023
A: Lord save us all from “well-meaning” busybodies who think they’re helping by insisting they know when someone else needs to come out.
From Slate ● Jan. 4, 2021
BUSAN, South Korea — The scandal that riveted South Korea’s online busybodies began when Kim Ji-seon checked into a beachside condominium in February.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2020
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 "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
