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busybody

busybody noun: someone who interferes with others; one who is nosy, intrusive or meddlesome.

Noun

busybody (plural busybodies)

  1. 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.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, 1 Peter iiij:[15], folio ccxc, verso
    • 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.1853 January, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Paulina”, in Villette. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC, page 22
  2. 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

busybody (third-person singular simple present busybodies, present participle busybodying, simple past and past participle busybodied)

  1. (intransitive) To meddle or interfere.

busybody meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Arabic

busybody in Tamil

துந்துருபாவை

busybody in Malayalam

interferer, meddler, mischief-maker
ആരാന്റെ കാര്യത്തിൽ തലയിടുന്നയാൾ, കഥങ്കഥികൻ, വേണ്ടതും വേണ്ടാത്തതും അറിയാൻ നടക്കുന്നവൻ, കുസൃതിക്കാരൻ, കുറുമ്പൻ, കുണ്ടണിക്കുടുക്ക

busybody in Kannada

ಅಧಿಕ ಪ್ರಸಂಗಿ, ತಲೆಹರಟೆ, ನಡುವೆ ತಲೆಹಾಕುವವ

busybody in Arabic

someone who interferes with others
فُضُولِيّ fuḍūliyy
More languagesFewer languages
busybody in Indonesian
Kepo
busybody in Thai
เจ้ากี้เจ้าการ jâo-gêe-jâo-gaan

Synonyms of busybody

Forms of busybody

Noun
pluralbusybodies
alternative formbusy body
Verb
third-person singular presentbusybodies
present participlebusybodying
past participlebusybodied
pastbusybodied

Origin of busybody

From busy + body.

Words formed from busybody

Questions about busybody

What does busybody mean?
Busybody means someone who interferes with others; one who is nosy, intrusive or meddlesome.
What is busybody in Tamil?
Busybody in Tamil is துந்துருபாவை. See Busybody meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is busybody?
Busybody can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of busybody?
The plural of busybody is busybodies.

Words near busybody in the dictionary

  1. busy-ness
  2. busy-work
  3. busybodied
  4. busybodies
  5. busybodiness
  6. busybody
  7. busybodying
  8. busybodyish
  9. busybodyism
  10. busybodyness
  11. busying

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: busybody (page history and authors); busybody (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); busybody (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); busybody (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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