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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(Jewish) A woman who meddles in the business of others; a busybody; a female gossipmonger..
Please don't tell your girlfriend what I said; she's a yenta!
And you had to marry that yenta West Side broad from a family of ward politicians and punchboard gamblers of candy-store kikes and sewer inspectors.
Use yenta when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Yenta means (Jewish) A woman who meddles in the business of others; a busybody; a female gossipmonger..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Please don't tell your girlfriend what I said; she's a yenta!
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