Busybody

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  • noun. A person who meddles or pries into the affairs of others.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A meddling person; one who officiously or impertinently concerns himself with the affairs of others.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who officiously concerns himself with the affairs of others; a meddling person.
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  • noun. Someone who interferes with others; one who is nosy, intrusive or meddlesome.
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  • noun. a person who meddles in the affairs of others
    • Word Usage
    "If one is called a busybody, it is a negative character assessment."
    cross-reference
    gossip  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    meddler  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    deceiver  demagogue  duffer  inquisitiveness  twit  
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