busybody
noun
a person who pries into or meddles in the affairs of others.
busybodying
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a word derived from
busybody.
Example Sentences
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But so far, with only slightly fewer correspondents assigned to the alleged Palm Beach rape case than to the Moscow summit, there seems no end to busybodying in sight.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Not only no money, but in its place a long, hateful, busybodying sermon," continued Mrs. Roscoe, indignantly.
From Dorothy and other Italian Stories by Constance Fenimore Woolson
