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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) ornosey
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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| 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 noseyadjective
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/adon'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) noun1. 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.
verb1. 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.
-noseda 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 adverbˈnosiness 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.
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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