Unscramble prying

Definition of prying

adjective:

• 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". Synonyms: nosey, nosy, snoopy.

noun:

• offensive inquisitiveness. Synonyms: nosiness, snoopiness.

verb:

• to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; :; "The burglar jimmied the lock", "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail". Synonyms: jimmy, lever, prise, prize, pry.
• be nosey; "Don't pry into my personal matters!". Synonyms: pry.
• search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always nosing around the office". Synonyms: horn in, intrude, nose, poke, pry.
• make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the information out of him". Synonyms: prise, pry.

Words nearby

crying, frying, paying, trying.

Rhymes with

buying, crying, dyeing, dying, flying, frying, lying, overlying, spying, supplying, trying, tying, underlying, undying.