Synonyms
Examples of busybody in a Sentence
The neighborhood busybody is telling everyone that the couple up the street is getting divorced.
that busybody across the street is always telling me how to tend to my own garden
Recent Examples on the Web
In that moment, her youth is stripped from her, supplanted by palace protocol and prying busybodies.
—
Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
Lily O’Neil brings traditional British comedy tropes — the cockney accent, the bustling busybody gestures — to the maid Emmy, to good advantage, though the production has problems bringing that type of comic energy to any other scenes.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2024
Like the unnamed narrator who finds Hester Prynne’s scarlet letter in the Salem Custom House and then sets about telling her tale, Banks’s narrators are anonymous busybodies and town gossips, nosy neighbors or observers once removed from the action.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2024
Lei Sean Curtis is a busybody in the most positive sense.
—Scott Talley, Detroit Free Press, 17 Mar. 2024
See all Example Sentences for busybody 
Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
Lily O’Neil brings traditional British comedy tropes — the cockney accent, the bustling busybody gestures — to the maid Emmy, to good advantage, though the production has problems bringing that type of comic energy to any other scenes.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2024
Like the unnamed narrator who finds Hester Prynne’s scarlet letter in the Salem Custom House and then sets about telling her tale, Banks’s narrators are anonymous busybodies and town gossips, nosy neighbors or observers once removed from the action.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2024
Lei Sean Curtis is a busybody in the most positive sense.
—Scott Talley, Detroit Free Press, 17 Mar. 2024
See all Example Sentences for busybody
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'busybody.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Dictionary Entries Near busybody
Cite this Entry
“Busybody.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/busybody. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
Copy CitationKids Definition
busybody
noun
busy·body
ˈbiz-ē-ˌbäd-ē 
: a person who meddles in the affairs of others
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share