1. Offensively curious or inquisitive
   "prying eyes"
   - nosy, nosey, snoopy

1. Offensive inquisitiveness
   - nosiness, snoopiness

1. To move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
   "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"
   - prise [Brit, Cdn], prize [N. Amer], lever, jimmy [N. Amer], jemmy 
2. Be nosey
   "Don't pry into my personal matters!" 
3. Search or inquire in a meddlesome way
   - intrude, horn in, nose, poke 
4. Make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry
   "They pried the information out of him"
   - prise [Brit, Cdn], prize

Derived forms: pryings

See also: curious, pryingly

Type of: ask, curiousness, enquire [Brit, Cdn], extort, inquire, inquisitiveness, look, open, open up, search, wring from

Encyclopedia: Pry, To

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