busybody (noun)

  • 41newsmonger — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. gossip, gossipmonger, scandalmonger, busybody; see gossip 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A person habitually engaged in idle talk about others: blab, gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, rumormonger, scandalmonger, tabby,… …

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  • 42tattler — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. muckraker, busybody, snoop; see gossip 2 , tattletale n. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. A person habitually engaged in idle talk about others: blab, gossip, gossiper, gossip monger, newsmonger, rumormonger, scandalmonger …

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  • 43buttinsky — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Slang. A person given to intruding in other people s affairs: busybody, interloper, meddler, quidnunc. Informal: kibitzer. Archaic: pragmatic. See PARTICIPATE …

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  • 44kibitzer — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal. A person given to intruding in other people s affairs: busybody, interloper, meddler, quidnunc. Slang: buttinsky. Archaic: pragmatic. See PARTICIPATE …

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  • 45meddler — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A person given to intruding in other people s affairs: busybody, interloper, quidnunc. Informal: kibitzer. Slang: buttinsky. Archaic: pragmatic. See PARTICIPATE …

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  • 46quidnunc — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A person given to intruding in other people s affairs: busybody, interloper, meddler. Informal: kibitzer. Slang: buttinsky. Archaic: pragmatic. See PARTICIPATE …

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  • 47interfering — in|ter|fer|ing [ ,ıntər fırıŋ ] adjective usually before noun deliberately involving yourself in other people s lives and trying to influence the way they behave, although you have no right to do this: They wanted to get rid of her because they… …

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  • 48yenta — [ jɛntə] noun N. Amer. informal a female gossip and busybody. Origin 1920s: Yiddish, orig. a given name …

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  • 49gossip — 1. noun 1) tell me all the gossip Syn: rumor(s), tittle tattle, whispers, canards, tidbits; scandal, hearsay; informal dirt, buzz, scuttlebutt 2) she s such a gossip Syn: scandalmonger, gossipmonger …

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  • 50nose — 1. noun 1) a punch on the nose Syn: snout, muzzle, proboscis, trunk; informal beak, snoot, schnoz, schnozzola, sniffer, honker 2) a nose for scandal Syn: instinct, feeling …

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