单词 | nosiness |
释义 | nosiness (once / 537242 pages) n WORD FAMILY nosy: nosier, nosiest, nosily, nosiness+/nose: nosed, noseless, noses, nosey, nosing, nosy USAGE EXAMPLESA: There’s nothing wrong with being nosy—I find myself feeling a bit nosy about this situation myself—but nosiness shouldn’t always dictate one’s actions. Slate(Oct 04, 2016) “Samuel, do you think why you want to go? Is it your natural incurable nosiness? Is it your black inability to mind your own business?” John Steinbeck, East of Eden(1952) “You’re a gossip fiend who tries to pass off your nosiness as anthropological interest in the human condition.” New York Times(Apr 25, 2016) n offensive inquisitiveness Syn|Hyper prying, snoopiness curiousness, inquisitiveness a state of active curiosity |
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