1. people who interfere in or pry into other people’s affairs
Usage: plural of busybody; often disapproving

Examples

• The neighborhood busybodies always know everyone’s business.
• She complained that the busybodies at work were spreading rumors.
• Those busybodies keep asking about my personal life.
• The busybodies gathered at the fence to watch the commotion.
• He avoided the local busybodies by taking a different route home.
• The busybodies in the office made working there unpleasant.