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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. offensive inquisitiveness;
[syn: nosiness, prying, snoopiness]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. offensively curious or inquisitive;
- Example: "curious about the neighbor's doings"
- Example: "he flipped through my letters in his nosy way"
- Example: "prying eyes"
- Example: "the snoopy neighbor watched us all day"
[syn: nosy, nosey, prying, snoopy]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Prying \Pry"ing\, a.
   Inspecting closely or impertinently.
   [1913 Webster]

   Syn: Inquisitive; curious. See Inquisitive.
        [1913 Webster]


The 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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]


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