busybody
Collocations
4ADJ.
awful, real
VERB + BUSYBODY
don't, told
BUSYBODY + NOUN
engagement, neighbour
ADV.
such
Definitions
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 wother mens matters.
Candidly speaking, I thought her a little busy-body; but her father, blind like other parents, seemed perfectly content to let her wait on him, and even wonderfully soothed by her offices.
A device consisting of three mirrors that, when attached to the wall of a house, allows an occupant to see who is at the front door without a direct line of sight.
verb
To meddle or interfere.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a person who meddles in the affairs of others
- nosy-parker
- nosey-parker
- quidnunc
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6Se that none of you ſuffre as a murtherer / or as a thefe / or an evyll doar / or as a buſybody in wother mens matters.
WiktionaryCandidly speaking, I thought her a little busy-body; but her father, blind like other parents, seemed perfectly content to let her wait on him, and even wonderfully soothed by her offices.
WiktionaryBut I couldn’t—and I can’t tell you, either, what it’s meant to me these two years to believe you were going to marry him, and be told every week by some busybody that your engagement was on the point
WiktionaryDon't be a busybody.
Tatoeba · #30269Mary's neighbor is a busybody.
Tatoeba · #4386540Tom told his busybody neighbour to get a life and to get his nose out of everyone's business.
Tatoeba · #4684006