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nos·y

or nos·ey  (nō′zē)
adj. nos·i·er, nos·i·est Informal
Given to or showing an intrusive curiosity about the affairs of others; prying.

nos′i·ly adv.
nos′i·ness n.
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nosy

(ˈnəʊzɪ) or

nosey

adj, nosier or nosiest
informal prying or inquisitive
ˈnosily adv
ˈnosiness n
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nos•y

or nos•ey

(ˈnoʊ zi)

adj. nos•i•er, nos•i•est.
unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying.
[1880–85]
nos′i•ly, adv.
nos′i•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.nosy - offensively curious or inquisitive; "curious about the neighbor's doings"; "he flipped through my letters in his nosy way"; "prying eyes"; "the snoopy neighbor watched us all day"
curious - eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns); "a curious child is a teacher's delight"; "a trap door that made me curious"; "curious investigators"; "traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers"; "curious about the neighbor's doings"
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nosy

or nosey
adjective
Informal. Unduly interested in the affairs of others:
Informal: snoopy.
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Translations
فُضولي، حاشِرٌ أنْفَهفُضُولِيّ
zvědavý
nysgerrig
tungetteleva
preznatiželjan
詮索好きな
참견하기 좋아하는
radoveden
nyfiken
อยากรู้อยากเห็น
thọc mạch

nosy

adj (+er) (inf)neugierig
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

nosy

nosey [ˈnəʊzɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) → curioso/a
don't be so nosy → non fare il ficcanaso
she's a nosy girl → è una ficcanaso
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

nose

(nəuz) noun
1. the part of the face by which people and animals smell and usually breathe. She held the flower to her nose; He punched the man on the nose.
2. the sense of smell. Police dogs have good noses and can follow criminals' trails.
3. the part of anything which is like a nose in shape or position. the nose of an aeroplane.
verb
1. to make a way by pushing carefully forward. The ship nosed (its way) through the ice.
2. to look or search as if by smelling. He nosed about (in) the cupboard.
-nosed
a long-nosed dog.
ˈnos(e)y adjective
taking too much interest in other people and what they are doing. She is a very nos(e)y person.
ˈnosily adverb
ˈnosiness noun
ˈnose-bag noun
food-bag for horses, hung over the head.
ˈnosedive noun
a dive or fall with the head or nose first. The aeroplane did a nosedive into the sea.
ˈnose job noun
plastic surgery on the nose.
verb
to make such a dive. Suddenly the plane nosedived.
follow one's nose
to go straight forward.
lead by the nose
to make (a person) do whatever one wants.
nose out
to find (as if) by smelling. The dog nosed out its master's glove.
pay through the nose
to pay a lot, or too much.
turn up one's nose at
to treat with contempt. He turned up his nose at the school dinner.
under (a person's) (very) nose
right in front of (a person). The book was right under my very nose; He stole the money from under my very nose.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

nosy

فُضُولِيّ zvědavý nysgerrig neugierig αδιάκριτος entrometido tungetteleva curieux preznatiželjan ficcanaso 詮索好きな 참견하기 좋아하는 nieuwsgierig nysgjerrig wścibski bisbilhoteiro, xereta чрезмерно любопытный nyfiken อยากรู้อยากเห็น meraklı thọc mạch 好管闲事的
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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