Pry

Meaning of Pry

verb
  1. inquire too closely into a person's private affairs.
    sorry, I didn't mean to pry
    I'm sick of you prying into my personal life

Middle English (in the sense ‘peer inquisitively’): of unknown origin.

verb
  1. another term for prise.
    he pried his left leg free

early 19th century: from the verb prise, interpreted as pries, third person singular of the present tense.

Information about Pry

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of Pry

Pry

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
  • Pry is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Pry synonyms

Meaning crowbar:

crowbar

Meaning prise:

prize, lever, jimmy

Meaning intrude:

intrude, nose, poke

Meaning examine or inspect closely and thoroughly:

scrutinize

Meaning physically explore or examine (something) with the hands or an instrument:

probe

Meaning pry into other people's affairs:

stickybeak

Meaning having or showing an interest in learning things; curious:

inquisitive

Meaning eager to know or learn something:

curious

Meaning a meddling or prying person:

busybody

Meaning inquiring closely into something; searching:

probing

Meaning work for a government or other organization by secretly obtaining information about enemies or competitors:

spying

Meaning secretly listen to a conversation:

eavesdropping

Meaning not showing proper respect; rude:

impertinent

Meaning (of a person) tending to interfere in other people's affairs:

interfering

Meaning intrusive or unwarranted interference:

meddling

Meaning fond of meddling; interfering:

meddlesome

Meaning causing disruption or annoyance through being unwelcome or uninvited:

intrusive

Meaning pry into something:

nosy

Meaning the action of furtively trying to find out something, especially information about someone's private affairs:

snooping

Meaning overly inquisitive; nosy:

nebby

Meaning keep oneself occupied:

busy

Anagrams of Pry

pyr

Words that rhyme with Pry

pry, sleepry, lepry, repry, gossipry, archbishopry, bishopry, impropry, underpry, spry, outpry

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