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Definitions for Prying

[1] that pries; looking or searching curiously.
[2] impertinently or unnecessarily curious or inquisitive.
[3] pree.
[4] to inquire impertinently or unnecessarily into something: to pry into the personal affairs of others.
[5] to look closely or curiously; peer; peep.
[6] an impertinently inquisitive person.
[7] an act of prying.
[8] to move, raise, or open by leverage.
[9] to get, separate, or ferret out with difficulty: to pry a secret out of someone; We finally pried them away from the TV.
[10] a tool, as a crowbar, for raising, moving, or opening something by leverage.
[11] the leverage exerted.
[12] a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
[13] to try, test, or taste.
[14] (intr often foll by into ) to make an impertinent or uninvited inquiry (about a private matter, topic, etc)
[15] the act of prying
[16] a person who pries
[17] to force open by levering
[18] US and Canadian to extract or obtain with difficulty they had to pry the news out of him

Words related to Prying

forward, interfering, snoopy, meddling, inquisitive, meddlesome, nosy, curious, inquisitorial, voyeuristic

Words nearby Prying

prutah, prw, pry, pryderi, pryer, prying, prynne, prypyat', prytaneum, prythee, przemyśl

Origin of Prying

ee1690–1700; shortened form of preive, Middle English preve (noun), preven (v.) < Old French pr(o)eve, preuver; see prove

Other words from Prying

pry·ing·ly , adverb
pry·ing·ness , noun
un·pry·ing , adjective

Word origin for Prying

C14: of unknown origin

Synonyms for Prying

forward, interfering, meddling, snoopy, butting in, inquisitive, meddlesome, nosy