prurientadjective
uk/ˈprʊə.ri.ənt/us/ˈprʊr.i.ənt/formal disapprovingtoo interested in the details of another person's sexual behaviour:
He denied that the article had been in any way prurient.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Curiosity
- curiosity
- curiosity killed the cat idiom
- curious
- inquiring
- inquisitive
- inquisitorial
- meddlesome
- nose
- nosy
- nosy parker
- quizzical
- snoot
- stick your nose into sth idiom
- stick your snoot in/into (sth) idiom
- thirsty
prurience
noun [ U ] uk/ˈprʊə.ri.əns/us/ˈprʊr.i.əns/
pruriently
adverb uk/ˈprʊə.ri.ənt.li/us/ˈprʊr.i.ənt.li/
Newspapers often delve pruriently into people's private lives.