Converse of object

• interfere: We all know the sort of interfering busybody that becomes a councilor or trade union representative.

Adjective modifier

• omnipotent: It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.

• moral: It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.

• old: I worked the lid off and the ripping sound of hessian against hessian brought the old busybody bustling back down the stall.