prying in English

adjective

1

excessively interested in a person's private affairs; too inquisitive.

she felt there was no place where she could escape from the prying eyes

verb

1

inquire too closely into a person's private affairs.

I'm sick of you prying into my personal life

synonyms: inquire impertinently, be inquisitive, be curious, poke around/about, ferret (about/around), spy, be a busybody, eavesdrop, listen in, tap someone's phone, intrude, stick/poke one's nose in/into, be nosy, nose, snoop

2

use force in order to move or open (something) or to separate (something) from something else.

using a screwdriver, he pried open the window

synonyms: lever, jimmy, prize, wrench, wrest, twist

adjective

nosy, snoopy

noun

nosiness
nosiness

verb

inquire impertinently, lever, wring, horn in, prize
inquire impertinently, be inquisitive, be curious, poke around/about, ferret (about/around), spy, be a busybody, eavesdrop, listen in, tap someone's phone, intrude, stick/poke one's nose in/into, be nosy, nose, snoop
lever, jimmy, prize, wrench, wrest, twist
wring, wrest, worm out, screw, squeeze, extract, prize, winkle out
horn in, poke, intrude, nose
prize, lever, jimmy

Use "prying" in a sentence

1. Being a Busybody; meddlesome; prying

2. 1; adjective Curiousness prying; meddlesome

3. A student prying into her private life.

4. It's poking and prying with a purpose."

5. She is always prying into other people's affairs.

6. Imelda might think she was prying.

7. If you don't stop prying, I'll burn you.

8. I don't want them prying into my affairs.

9. Saul, find us someplace safe from prying eyes.

10. There you go again, prying into other people's affairs!

11. There would be no teary reflection for prying eyes.

12. A cloak concealed his body from prying eyes.

13. I tried to shield him against prying journalists.

14. Prying off the plastic lid, she took out a small scoop.

15. I'm sick of you prying into my personal life!

16. We do not want people prying into our affairs.

17. He's been prying around the lab for the last two days.

18. Synonyms: inquisitive, nosy, prying… Antonyms: inCurious, unCurious, common… Find the right word.

19. But those glimmering eyes can also be prying, even sinister.

20. 33 synonyms for Curiosity: inquisitiveness, interest, prying, snooping, nosiness, oddity, wonder

21. Busybodies definition: a meddlesome , prying , or officious person Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

22. To keep them hidden from prying eyes until you want to access them.

23. It was prying my fingers apart and moving to the back of my hand.

24. The ornaments had been put out of reach of the children's prying fingers.

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26. She is finally able to relax with friends, away from prying eyes.

27. 10 The royal family tried to insulate him from the prying eyes of the media.

28. The company is intent upon shielding them from the prying eyes of reporters.

29. It might take some prying with a butter knife or rubber spatula, but it works.

30. He drew the curtains to make sure no prying eyes saw what he was doing.

31. A neighbor calls the police after hearing the commotion of two individuals prying open a window.

32. I hope you don't think I'm prying, but has your boyfriend ever lived with anyone before?

33. A woman like lady Busshe, always prying for the lamentable, would have required no further enlightenment.

34. He kept his savings under his bed, secure from the prying eyes of his roommate.

35. She tried to keep the children away from the prying eyes of the world's media.

36. But it was there, just the same, like prying eyes peering round the corner of a thick curtain.

37. Synonyms for Butting in include intruding, interfering, interrupting, meddling, obtruding, poking, prying, snooping, nosing and messing

38. A woman like lady Busshe, always prying for the lamentable , would have required no further enlightment.

39. All of this information needs to be made secuire (see Security Issues) against unauthorized access by prying eyes.

40. His attitude was that of a well-bred man reluctant to discuss some family difference with a prying outsider.

41. Try to put any such displays high up on the wall, on shelves or dressers away from prying fingers.

42. Then scoop up the wailing child and find a place away from prying eyes for the tantrum to run its course .

43. Collymore heaved himself into the boat and slapped the boy until his senses returned, prying the club from his mortal grip.

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45. Only after prying as much personal information as they could from Phoebe did the reporters tell her that her daughter had been murdered.

46. But no, for Dorothea might ask if she felt well enough to go away, might start prying into her affairs.

47. Curious and inquisitive may be used in a good or a bad sense, but inquisitive is more often, and prying is only, found in the latter

48. '' SALVAGE after a day of viced brains (camogulated cells) crowbars prying the loftier thoughts free (what a crumbling mess) after veins strained to near hemorrhage bickerings Badgerings …

49. Anyway, if you have had enough with all of the constant Badgerings by ruthless counter people, inquisitive customer service representatives, and prying, nosy salespeople join us in our fight.

50. What does a Cryptographer do? Are you interested in keeping messages and other data secrets away from the prying eyes of criminals or enemy governments? You may be