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prying
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of PRYING
1
interested in what is not one's own business <as we moved into our new home, we could sense that there were prying eyes watching us>
Related Words interfering, intrusive, meddlesome, meddling, obtrusive, officious; inquisitional, inquisitorial, interrogative, questioning, quizzical; concerned, interested
2
thrusting oneself where one is not welcome or invited <prying neighbors who refuse to mind their own business>
Synonyms busy, interfering, intruding, meddlesome, meddling, nosy (or nosey), obtrusive, officious, presuming, presumptuous, protrusive, prying, pushing, pushy, snoopy
Related Words bold, brazen, bumptious, impertinent, impudent, insolent, rude; invading, trespassing; curious, inquisitive; annoying, harassing, pestiferous; overbearing, superserviceable
Near Antonyms hands-off; uninvolved; quiet, reclusive, reserved, reticent, retiring, silent, taciturn, withdrawn; inhibited, restrained, subdued
Antonyms unobtrusive
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