busybody
a person who pries into or meddles in the affairs of others.
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How to use busybody in a sentence
Right-wing Supreme Court justices can now sit back to let their ideological allies in red states delegate the job of stripping women of their rights to greedy busybodies.
Texas’s abortion law is a nightmare for women — and a warning to the nation | Jennifer Rubin | September 2, 2021 | Washington PostIn “The Shop,” a doctor’s busybody wife is the character you love to hate.
People of color are on the internet just as much as anyone else but perhaps living in communities where no one believes that being a busybody is the key to anyone having a good day is the sine qua non.
You'd have married me last fall if some busybody hadn't filled your ears with scandal.
Quin | Alice Hegan RiceWithout playing the part of the busybody, we may study the facts of human nature, and be aware of the developments of society.
The Hearth-Stone | Samuel Osgood
But this was risky; it would bring him in view of a kitchen window whence some busybody might observe him.
The Wrong Twin | Harry Leon WilsonShe vaguely knew this lady for a busybody, but she was in a situation which even busybodies might alleviate.
The Real Thing and Other Tales | Henry JamesThey may support you, or they may call you an interfering busybody for your pains; you'll have to take your chance of that.
The Leader of the Lower School | Angela Brazil
British Dictionary definitions for busybody
/ (ˈbɪzɪˌbɒdɪ) /
a meddlesome, prying, or officious person
Derived forms of busybody
- busybodying, noun
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