Definitions for nosy

nosy nos·y

Spelling: [noh-zee]
IPA: /ˈnoʊ zi/

Nosy is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 20 anagrams from letters in nosy (nosy).

Definitions for nosy

adjective

  1. unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying; meddlesome.

Origin of nosy

First recorded in 1880-85; nose + -y1

Examples for nosy

I didn't like to ask too many questions for I might have got fired for being too nosy.

Being the nosy child I was, every once in a while I would look him up in the phone book so I knew he existed.

Pfleger urges all who will listen to ignore the street stigma about snitching and become what he calls “nosy neighbors.”

Then, drying her tears, which nosy flowed abundantly, Mdlle.

Thornton is a nosy man and it will delight his soul to boss your servants and see that cheating tradesmen are kept in check.

Has a big thug with him all the time, and takes exception to people gettin' nosy.

Edmund is now 4, and is a giggly, sociable, nosy, occasionally impertinent boy.

But often they simply conceal their activities from friends and family, rather than put up with a lot of nosy questions.

He knew that Jerry was entirely trustworthy, but his friend was also a nosy reporter who would try to pump the girl.

Unfortunately, the mission soon goes haywire when a group of menacing Miami mobsters—and the nosy Rosalyn—get involved.

Word Value for nosy
Scrable

7

Words with friends

7

Similar words for nosy
Word of the day