nosy

nosy
adj Informal.
1. prying, snoopy, snooping, Dial. nibby; spying, peeping, peeking, staring, gaping, gazing; eavesdropping, overhearing, all ears; meddlesome, meddling, tending to other people's business, busy, officious; interfering, intervening, interloping, breaking, in, butting in, horning in, intrusive.
2. inquisitive, inquiring, questioning, querying, interrogating, grilling, quizzing, quizzical; sniffing or smelling around or out, probing, nosing around or out, searching, investigative; overcurious, supercuri-ous, curious, burning with curiosity, dying or itching to know, agog, eager to know, interested.

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