Pry
Meaning of Pry
verb
- inquire too closely into a person's private affairs.
sorry, I didn't mean to pry
I'm sick of you prying into my personal life
Middle English (in the sense ‘peer inquisitively’): of unknown origin.
verb- another term for prise.
he pried his left leg free
early 19th century: from the verb prise, interpreted as pries, third person singular of the present tense.
Information about Pry
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Hyphenation of Pry
Pry
- It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
- Pry is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Pry synonyms
Meaning crowbar:
Meaning prise:
Meaning intrude:
Meaning examine or inspect closely and thoroughly:
Meaning physically explore or examine (something) with the hands or an instrument:
Meaning pry into other people's affairs:
Meaning having or showing an interest in learning things; curious:
Meaning eager to know or learn something:
Meaning a meddling or prying person:
Meaning inquiring closely into something; searching:
Meaning work for a government or other organization by secretly obtaining information about enemies or competitors:
Meaning secretly listen to a conversation:
Meaning not showing proper respect; rude:
Meaning (of a person) tending to interfere in other people's affairs:
Meaning intrusive or unwarranted interference:
Meaning fond of meddling; interfering:
Meaning causing disruption or annoyance through being unwelcome or uninvited:
Meaning pry into something:
Meaning the action of furtively trying to find out something, especially information about someone's private affairs:
Meaning overly inquisitive; nosy:
Meaning keep oneself occupied:
Anagrams of Pry
Words that rhyme with Pry
pry, sleepry, lepry, repry, gossipry, archbishopry, bishopry, impropry, underpry, spry, outpry
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