Prying

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Insistently or impertinently curious or inquisitive: ignored the prying journalists' questions.
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  • v. Present participle of pry.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Inspecting closely or impertinently.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Peeping; peering; looking closely into anything; hence, inquisitive; curious.
  • Synonyms Inquisitive, etc. See curious.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. offensive inquisitiveness
  • adj. offensively curious or inquisitive
    • Equivalent
    curious   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    inquisitiveness    curiousness   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    curious    inquisitive    curiosity    examination   
    Verb Stem
    pry   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    allying    applying    belying    buying    complying    crying    decrying    defying    denying    drying   
     
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