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[ prahy-ing ] / ˈpraɪ ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR prying ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivethat pries; looking or searching curiously. impertinently or unnecessarily curious or inquisitive. Origin of pryingFirst recorded in 1950–55; pry1 + -ing2 SYNONYMS FOR prying1 peeping, peering, peeking. 2 nosy. SEE SYNONYMS FOR prying ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for prying2. See curious. OTHER WORDS FROM pryingpry·ing·ly, adverbpry·ing·ness, nounun·pry·ing, adjectiveWords nearby pryingprutah, PRW, pry, Pryderi, pryer, prying, Prynne, Prypyat', prytaneum, prythee, Przemyśl Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pryingLobbyists use these trips to lavish bounty on Congressmen, far from prying eyes. Former Lobbyist Jack Abramoff On Congressional Travel Disclosure|Jack Abramoff|July 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST She was hounded by the prying paparazzi, desperate to label her a partied-out starlet. Taylor Momsen on Female Sexuality and Her Transformation from ‘Gossip Girl’ to Rock Star|Marlow Stern|March 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST And yet he comes to loathe the prying eye of the camera on his soaked, exhausted, and shivering men. Polar Explorer vs. Reality TV Crew: Tim Jarvis in the Footsteps of Shackleton|Darrell Hartman|January 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST The difficulty, and I mean the entire difficulty, is prying the industry away from congressional Republicans. Obama’s Bad Salesmanship|Michael Tomasky|June 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
These are the departed rich who wanted to spend eternity away from the prying eyes of common citizens. Michael's Foreverland|Diane Dimond|September 1, 2009|DAILY BEAST The desire of prying into futurity seems to be a natural propensity in the human mind. The Book of Curiosities|I. Platts He has a sallow, ugly look, and is always peeping and prying about, like a beast watching for its prey. The Bad Family and Other Stories|Mrs. Fenwick These flies are continually prowling about and prying into every corner, to find, by stealth, a nidus for their eggs. Insect Architecture|James Rennie He was using his spear as a lever, now, and prying off bits of fungus to fall down the cliffside into the colossal web. The Mad Planet|Murray Leinster "I wanted to stop your prying into matters which did not concern you," snarled the man savagely. A Coin of Edward VII|Fergus Hume
Words related to pryingforward, interfering, snoopy, meddling, nosing, inquisitive, meddlesome, nosy, butting in, curious, inquisitorial, voyeuristic |