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Meaning of BUSYBODY

Pronunciation:  'bizee`bâdee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a person who meddles in the affairs of others
 
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 Synonyms: nosey-parker, nosy-parker
 
 See Also: meddler

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Bus"y*bod`y\ (-b[o^]d`[y^]), n.; pl. {Busybodies}
(-b[o^]d`[i^]z).
One who officiously concerns himself with the affairs of
others; a meddling person.
      And not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies,
      speaking things which they ought not.    --1 Tim. v.
                                               13.
 
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Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: a tale-bearing animal, backseat driver, butt in, butt-in, buttinsky, eavesdropper, fool, gossip, gossip columnist, gossiper, gossipmonger, horn in, informer, inquirer, inquisitive, inquisitor, interfere, interlope, intermeddler, kibitzer, make, meddler, monkey with, mouse, newsmonger, newspaperman, nose, nosy Parker, Paul Pry, peeper, Peeping Tom, poke, pragmatic, pragmatist, prier, pry, querier, querist, questioner, quidnunc, reporter, rubber, rubberneck, rubbernecker, rumormonger, scandalmonger, scopophiliac, sightseer, snook, snoop, snooper, tabby, talebearer, taleteller, tamper with, tattler, tattletale, telltale, tittle-tattler, voyeur, yenta
 

 

 

 

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