prying

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

offensive inquisitiveness
• Syn:
nosiness, snoopiness
• Derivationally related forms:
snoopy (for: snoopiness), pry, nosy (for: nosiness)
• Hypernyms:
curiousness, inquisitiveness

II - adjective

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, snoopy
• Similar to:
curious
• Derivationally related forms:
snoop (for: snoopy), snoopiness (for: snoopy), nose (for: nosey), nose (for: nosy), nosiness (for: nosy)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  crowbar, wrecking bar, pry bar, prise, intrude, horn in, nose, poke, prize, lever, jimmy