English adjective: prying | |||
| 1. | prying offensively curious or inquisitive | ||
| Samples | Curious about the neighbor's doings. He flipped through my letters in his nosy way. Prying eyes. The snoopy neighbor watched us all day. | ||
| Synonyms | nosey, nosy, snoopy | ||
| Similar | curious | ||
| Antonyms | incurious | ||
English noun: prying | |||
| 1. | prying (cognition) offensive inquisitiveness | ||
| Synonyms | nosiness, snoopiness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | curiousness, inquisitiveness | ||