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Meaning of "nosiness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NOSINESS

nosiness  [ˈnəʊzɪnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NOSINESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nosiness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NOSINESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of nosiness in the English dictionary

The definition of nosiness in the dictionary is the fact or characteristic of being nosiness.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NOSINESS


clumsiness
ˈklʌmzɪnɪs
cosiness
ˈkəʊzɪnɪs
craziness
ˈkreɪzɪnɪs
dizziness
ˈdɪzɪnɪs
doziness
ˈdəʊzɪnɪs
drowsiness
ˈdraʊzɪnɪs
easiness
ˈiːzɪnɪs
flimsiness
ˈflɪmzɪnɪs
haziness
ˈheɪzɪnɪs
laziness
ˈleɪzɪnɪs
lousiness
ˈlaʊzɪnɪs
newsiness
ˈnjuːzɪnɪs
noisiness
ˈnɔɪzɪnɪs
queasiness
ˈkwiːzɪnɪs
rosiness
ˈrɒzɪnɪs
siziness
ˈsaɪzɪnɪs
sleaziness
ˈsliːzɪnɪs
uneasiness
ʌnˈiːzɪnɪs
wheeziness
ˈwiːzɪnɪs
wooziness
ˈwuːzɪnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NOSINESS

noser
nosey
nosh
nosh-up
nosher
nosherie
noshery
nosier
nosiest
nosily
nosing
nosocomial
nosode
nosographer
nosographic
nosography
nosologic
nosological
nosologically
nosologist

WORDS THAT END LIKE NOSINESS

agribusiness
big business
bulkiness
business
cleanliness
cleanliness is next to godliness
comeliness
do the business
e-business
emptiness
family business
fitness
friendliness
happiness
holiness
loneliness
loveliness
readiness
show business
timeliness
trustworthiness

Synonyms and antonyms of nosiness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «nosiness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NOSINESS

Find out the translation of nosiness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of nosiness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nosiness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

好打听
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nosiness
570 millions of speakers

English

nosiness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

nosiness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فضول
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

nosiness
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nosiness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

nosiness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

indiscrétion
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nosiness
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Neugier
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

詮索
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

nosiness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nosiness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

muốn đi sâu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

nosiness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेचैनी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

her işe burnunu sokma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nosiness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wścibstwo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

nosiness
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

curiozitatea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

nosiness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nosiness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nosiness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nosiness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nosiness

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NOSINESS»

The term «nosiness» is normally little used and occupies the 132.103 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of nosiness
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NOSINESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «nosiness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «nosiness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nosiness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NOSINESS»

Discover the use of nosiness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nosiness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Nepotistic Nosiness: Inclusive Fitness and Vigilance of ...
Four studies presented in this dissertation tested these novel predictions.
Jason Paul Faulkner, 2007
2
Carpenter
NOSINESS. (By H. B. Moyer.) F I were ever called upon and its success can readily be attributed to world would be much nearer the goal of rights than. endeavor fully rewarded by evil. It paints for us in the new year a vision of whatt Empty ...
‎1911
3
The Carpenter
Nosiness is a vice which can be found everywhere, from the gutter to the mansion, from the bar-room to the church. Just what kind of an old world this would be without its busy-bodies, its scandal-mongers and such-like would be hard to ...
‎1911
4
A Companion to the Worlds of the Renaissance
Was it the nosiness of the age, its mistrust of surfaces, that gave rise to a particular closeted heart? Or did the closeting provoke the nosiness? Or were nosiness and closeting mutually constitutive? With regard to secret sexual practices, the ...
Guido Ruggiero, 2008
5
A Curious Career
The. Value. of. Nosiness. Growing up in Twickenham inthe1950s I couldnever have said my ambition is tobea celebrity interviewer because that career didn't even exist then. Of course newspapers sometimes ran interviews with famous ...
Lynn Barber, 2014
6
Knowledge, Belief, and Character: Readings in Contemporary ...
So what about nosiness? Surely this is a truth-conducive trait. But it just as surely is not an epistemic virtue—not one of those qualities that comes to mind when we imagine an especially reasonable person. (Indeed, the combination would ...
Guy Axtell, 2000
7
Evolutionary Playwork and Reflective Analytic Practice
Neither repression, in this context, or nosiness are particularly adulterative, because they are short lived, but nosiness is intrusive, can be dominating and has to be resisted. A lot of play space activity is intimate and private. This should not just ...
Bob Hughes, 2013
8
Signs, Signals and Clues: The Joy of Tracking Your Life in ...
What is the difference between curiosity and nosiness, you might ask? Nosiness has an agenda to it. Nosiness maybe about gathering information that you can later use against someone else, to be in the know, or to outdo others in your circle.
Willie Carter, 2013
9
Death Threads
“You mean your nosiness?” she asked as the corners of her mouth drifted upward. “Our assistance,” Leona repeated firmly. “There is a difference, Victoria.” She laughed. “Oh yes. Give me a moment. Nosiness means sticking your nose where ...
Elizabeth Lynn Casey, 2010
10
Ideas & Details: A Guide to College Writing
Several competing ideas explain types of nosiness. ButI feel let down at the end; I want a stronger idea to tie it together. She is excellent at showing people are nosy but needs to go deeper into why. Why is being nosy “unhealthy”? Why do we ...
M. Garrett Bauman, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NOSINESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nosiness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Why WB Yeats devotees in Ireland are echoing a long list of grave …
Nosiness or opportunism are others' motives for meddling with the dead, though they can begin or be dressed up as something worthier. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
EUROPAfest Summer Edition Gala @ Sinaia: Musical delight …
... Mara Hotel and Sinaia City Hall, invites the public to leave behind the nosiness of the cities and to enter the magic atmosphere created at the ... «ACTmedia, Jul 15»
3
Shelter animals
Avoid the nosiness of a dog by being one step ahead of them. Child-proof cupboards to keep your dog from getting into cleaning supplies or ... «St. George Daily Spectrum, Jul 15»
4
Featured Shelter Animals July 17, 2015
Avoid the nosiness of a dog by being one step ahead of them. Child proof the cupboards to keep them from getting into the cleaning supplies or ... «Mesquite Local News, Jul 15»
5
Airbnb 'sleep in their beds' campaign branded 'creepy'
“Eyeing the bookshelves (let's call it inquisitiveness rather than nosiness) in my bedroom I became mildly obsessed by my hosts' lifestyle. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
6
Why this police spy photo of Michael McIntyre should make you fear …
That is a combination of nosiness and lazy policing. The problem with overusing surveillance powers is that it skews law-enforcement towards ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
7
Opinion: The politics and gender of climate change belief
... not a climate scientist myself – I am just a nosy person, who can justify asking people what they think about their world by calling my nosiness ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
8
Urban Chicken Coops: Should They Be Banned?
As a newly elected city council member, one thing that has stood out during my first months in office has been the inherent nosiness of ... «PJ Media, Jul 15»
9
Harper Lee's new novel
... of “Mockingbird”, can only have been written by someone who had not had a child or seen at first hand the inexorable nosiness of the young, ... «The Economist, Jul 15»
10
Harrisburg's Empowered Future
Wolf believes her personality, which carries a lot of curiosity that sometimes borders on “nosiness,” she says, has been a great tool in uncovering ways in which ... «Harrisburgmagazine, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Nosiness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/nosiness>. Apr 2024 ».
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