nosy
adjective
unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying; meddlesome.
nosiness
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a word derived from
nosy.
Example Sentences
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For those watching with an understandable sense of nosiness, this isn't actually filmed in Meghan's own home in Montecito.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2025
Swift, prodded by DeGeneres’s rapid questions and general nosiness, revealed that one of the tracks, “Forever & Always,” was about her recent ex-boyfriend, pop star Joe Jonas.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2023
This is the #MeToo Tarana Burke envisioned and organized, that was in some ways devastatingly co-opted by bad actors and the toxic nosiness, entitlement and peer pressure of social media.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2021
But it’s charmingly true to the character, who in retrospect has the kind of insistent energy, nosiness and thirst for attention that makes him perfect for late-night.
From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2020
Now he has a degree to certify his nosiness.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
