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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | interfere in someone else's business |
| Synonyms: | be a busybody, be all ears, be curious, be inquisitive, be nosy, bug*, ferret out, gape, gaze, hunt, inquire, intrude, investigate, listen in, meddle, nose, peek, peep, peer, poke, poke nose into, ransack, reconnoiter, rubberneck, search, snoop, spy, stare, tap, tune in on, wiretap |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intrusive |
| Synonyms: | butting in, forward, inquisitive, interfering, meddlesome, meddling, nosy, snoopy |
| Main Entry: | prying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nosy |
| Synonyms: | curious, inquisitive, inquisitorial, nosing, voyeuristic |
| Main Entry: | busy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nosy, impertinent |
| Synonyms: | butting in, curious, forward, inquisitive, interfering, intrusive, meddlesome, meddling, nebby, obtrusive, officious, prying, pushy, snoopy, stirring, troublesome |
| Main Entry: | butt in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | meddle |
| Synonyms: | barge in, bother, burst in, charge in, chisel in, cut in, disturb, get into the act, interject, interrupt, intrude, muscle in, pester, poke one's face in, pry, put one's two cents in |
| Main Entry: | contemplate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gaze at |
| Synonyms: | audit, behold, consider, examine, eye, inspect, notice, observe, peer, penetrate, peruse, pierce, pore over, probe, pry, regard, scan, scrutinize, see, stare at, study, survey, view, witness |
| Antonyms: | disregard, look away, scorn |
| Main Entry: | curiosity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intense desire to know, understand |
| Synonyms: | concern, eagerness, inquiring mind, inquiringness, inquisitiveness, interest, interestingness, intrusiveness, investigation, meddlesomeness, meddling, mental acquisitiveness, nosiness, officiousness, prying, questioning, regard, searching, snoopiness, snooping, thirst for knowledge |
| Antonyms: | disinterest, indifference |
| Main Entry: | curious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | desiring knowledge, understanding |
| Synonyms: | analytical, disquisitive, examining, impertinent, inquiring, inquisitive, inspecting, interested, interfering, intrusive, investigative, meddlesome, meddling, nosy, peeping, peering, prurient, prying, puzzled, questioning, scrutinizing, searching, snoopy, tampering |
| Antonyms: | disinterested, incurious, indifferent, uninterested |
| Main Entry: | eavesdrop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | listen without permission |
| Synonyms: | be all ears, bend an ear, bug, ears into, listen in, monitor, overhear, pry, snoop, spy, tap, tune in on, wire, wiretap |
| Antonyms: | ignore |
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