busybody (noun)
1busybody — ► NOUN ▪ a meddling or prying person …
2busybody — noun Someone who interferes with others; one who is nosy, intrusive or meddlesome. Se that none of you suffre as a murtherer or as a thefe or an evyll doar or as a busybody in other mens matters. Syn: marplot, meddler, kibitzer, nosy parker …
3busybody — noun (C) someone who is too interested in other people s private activities: You interfering old busybody! …
4busybody — noun Date: 1526 an officious or inquisitive person …
5busybody — noun (plural busybodies) a meddling or prying person …
6busybody — noun I was labeled a snob because I didn t care to belong to her nest of busybodies Syn: meddler, interferer, mischief maker, troublemaker; gossip, scandalmonger; eavesdropper; informal kibitzer, buttinsky, snoop, snooper, Nosy Parker, yenta …
7busybody — UK [ˈbɪzɪˌbɒdɪ] / US [ˈbɪzɪˌbɑdɪ] noun [countable] Word forms busybody : singular busybody plural busybodies informal showing disapproval someone who is very interested in other people s private lives and activities and tries to get involved in… …
8busybody — bus|y|bod|y [ bızi,badi ] noun count INFORMAL someone who is very interested in other people s private lives and activities and tries to get involved in them in a way that is annoying: She s such an interfering busybody …
9busybody — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. meddler, snooper, gossip, talebearer, kibitzer. See curiosity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. snoop, meddler, pry, gossip, tattletale, eavesdropper, prier, intriguer, intruder, troublemaker, buttinsky*,… …
10busybody — [ˈbɪziˌbɒdi] noun [C] informal someone who is too interested in other people s private lives …
