Prying

from 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}]
from 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]
from 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]
from 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
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