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Dictionary: bus·y·bod·y   (bĭz'ē-bŏd'ē) pronunciation

n., pl., -ies.
A person who meddles or pries into the affairs of others.


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noun

    A person given to intruding in other people's affairs: interloper, meddler, quidnunc. Informal kibitzer. Slang buttinsky. Archaic pragmatic. See participate/abstain.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a person who meddles in the affairs of others
  Synonyms: nosy-parker, nosey-parker


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - geskæftig person, blandemaskine

Nederlands (Dutch)
bemoeial

Français (French)
n. - (une) commère

Deutsch (German)
n. - jemand, der sich überall einmischt

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πολυπράγμων, ανακατωσούρης

Italiano (Italian)
ficcanaso, intrigante

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pessoa (f) intrometida

Русский (Russian)
вечно занятой человек, сует нос куда может

Español (Spanish)
n. - entremetido, entrometido, chismoso

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - beskäftig människa

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
爱管闲事的人, 好事的人

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 愛管閒事的人, 好事的人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 참견하기 좋아하는 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 世話焼き, おせっかいな人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فضولي, متطفل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מתערב בעסקי הזולת‬


 
 
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