prying

4 definitions found

prying - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.]
     [1913 Webster]

  Prying \Pry"ing\, a.
     Inspecting closely or impertinently.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Inquisitive; curious. See Inquisitive.
          [1913 Webster]

prying - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  prying
      adj 1: 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, prying, snoopy]
      n 1: offensive inquisitiveness [syn: nosiness, prying,
           snoopiness]

prying - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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