Don't be a busybody.
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Busybody
Synonyms for "busybody" (92 found)
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Related words (46)
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70 translations across 29 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- bemoeial noun (someone who interferes with others)
- bemoeisieke noun (someone who interferes with others)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- πολυπρᾱ́γμων noun (someone who interferes with others)
- φιλοπρᾱ́γμων noun (someone who interferes with others)
Arabic
1 entries- فُضُولِيّ noun (someone who interferes with others)
Bulgarian
2 entries- любопитко noun (someone who interferes with others)
- на всяка манджа мерудия noun (someone who interferes with others)
Catalan
2 entries- fresseta noun (someone who interferes with others)
- manifasser noun (someone who interferes with others)
Chinese
1 entries- 家婆 noun (someone who interferes with others)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 好事者 noun (someone who interferes with others)
- 愛管閒事的人 /爱管闲事的人 noun (someone who interferes with others)
Czech
1 entries- všetečka noun (someone who interferes with others)
Dutch
1 entries- bemoeial noun (someone who interferes with others)
Finnish
2 entries- kyylä noun (someone who interferes with others)
- nuuskija noun (someone who interferes with others)
French
4 entries- fouine noun (someone who interferes with others)
- fouineur noun (someone who interferes with others)
- mêle-tout noun (someone who interferes with others)
- touche-à-tout noun (someone who interferes with others)
German
4 entries- Kiebitz noun (someone who interferes with others)
- Schnüffler noun (someone who interferes with others)
- Wichtigtuer noun (someone who interferes with others)
- Wichtigtuerin noun (someone who interferes with others)
Greek
1 entries- φιλοπράγμων noun (someone who interferes with others)
Hungarian
2 entries- kotnyeles noun (someone who interferes with others)
- minden lében kanál noun (someone who interferes with others)
Ido
1 entries- afanono noun (someone who interferes with others)
Indonesian
1 entries- Kepo noun (someone who interferes with others)
Irish
3 entries- duine déanfasach noun (someone who interferes with others)
- gliúcálaí noun (someone who interferes with others)
- socadán noun (someone who interferes with others)
Italian
4 entries- armeggione noun (someone who interferes with others)
- faccendiere noun (someone who interferes with others)
- factotum noun (someone who interferes with others)
- ficcanaso noun (someone who interferes with others)
Latin
1 entries- ardeliō noun (someone who interferes with others)
Macedonian
1 entries- ду́шкало noun (someone who interferes with others)
Māori
2 entries- ihu kurī noun (someone who interferes with others)
- whawhewhawhe noun (someone who interferes with others)
Norman
1 entries- tout-s'mêle noun (someone who interferes with others)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- geskjeftig person noun (someone who interferes with others)
Polish
4 entries- intrygant noun (someone who interferes with others)
- intrygantka noun (someone who interferes with others)
- plotkara noun (someone who interferes with others)
- plotkarz noun (someone who interferes with others)
Portuguese
3 entries- abelhudo noun (someone who interferes with others)
- intrometido noun (someone who interferes with others)
- metediço noun (someone who interferes with others)
Russian
4 entries- ку́мушка noun (someone who interferes with others)
- назо́йливый челове́к noun (someone who interferes with others)
- проны́ра noun (someone who interferes with others)
- хлопоту́н noun (someone who interferes with others)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- gobaire noun (someone who interferes with others)
Spanish
4 entries- entremetido noun (someone who interferes with others)
- entrometido noun (someone who interferes with others)
- entrépito noun (someone who interferes with others)
- intruso noun (someone who interferes with others)
Thai
1 entries- เจ้ากี้เจ้าการ noun (someone who interferes with others)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Mary's neighbor is a busybody.
Source: tatoeba (4386540)
Tom told his busybody neighbour to get a life and to get his nose out of everyone's business.
Source: tatoeba (4684006)
He's an awful busybody.
Source: tatoeba (5078203)
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