Prying

ahd-5
  • adjective. Insistently or impertinently curious or inquisitive.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Peeping; peering; looking closely into anything; hence, inquisitive; curious.
  • Synonyms Inquisitive, etc. See curious.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Inspecting closely or impertinently.
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  • verb. Present participle of pry.
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  • noun. offensive inquisitiveness
  • adjective. offensively curious or inquisitive
    • Word Usage
    "But then they have to say the very same thing when those influential constituents come calling for help in prying some of that evil stimulus money loose."
    Equivalent
    curious  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    curiousness  inquisitiveness  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    allying  applying  belying  buying  complying  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    busy  busybody  curiosity  curious  curious  
    verb-stem
    pry  
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