Prying

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pry \Pry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pried}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Prying}.]
     To raise or move, or attempt to raise or move, with a pry or
     lever; to prize. [Local, U. S. & Eng.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Prying \Pry"ing\, a.
     Inspecting closely or impertinently.
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     Syn: Inquisitive; curious. See {Inquisitive}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  prying
       adj : offensively curious or inquisitive; "curious about the
             neighbor's doings"; "he flipped through my letters in
             his nosy way"; "prying eyes"; "the snoopy neighbor
             watched us all day" [syn: {nosy}, {nosey}, {snoopy}]
       n : offensive inquisitiveness [syn: {nosiness}, {snoopiness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "prying":
     busy, busybody, curious, delving, digging, fishing, forward,
     impertinent, in search of, inquisitive, inquisitorial,
     loaded for bear, looking for, meddlesome, meddling, nosy,
     obtrusive, officious, out for, out for bear, poking, presumptuous,
     probing, pushing, pushy, searching, self-appointed, snooping,
     snoopy