nosy

Modifies a noun

• neighbor: Synopsis Laura Flannery needs a vacation from her boring life and a break from nosy neighbors.
• bastard: Am I a nosy bastard for wondering what the hell was going on next to me on the train today?
• neighbor: No nosy neighbors to offer me their ritual sympathy in return for the chance of some juicy gossip.
• parker: Nosy parker -- CCTV may lead more people to feel able to frequent the places under surveillance.
• Parker: Make the world a cozier place and show your support for the favorite pastime of us nosy parkers!
• person: Now, I'm not by nature a nosy person, but I just couldn't help but listen.

Modifying Another Word

• very: But at the same time, we should be friendly, and very very nosy.
• so: Tina's amused, but Johnny asks Ruby to stop being so nosy and eat up her food.
• too: Stephen thinks his wife is much too nosy to do the job.
• really: T he great thing about cycling is that you can be really nosy without drawing attention to yourself.
• rather: We are also naturally rather nosy and enjoy a quick peek into another person's life - even if it's a fictional life.
• quite: I didn't tell my family, but my mother is quite nosy and she went through my bag and found a letter.