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prying

UK
/ˈpraɪ.ɪŋ/
US
/ˈpraɪ.ɪŋ/
prying off

Translations

pryingadjective
more prying
Comp.
most prying
Super.
UK
/ˈpraɪ.ɪŋ/
US
/ˈpraɪ.ɪŋ/
Her prying nature made her unpopular among her colleagues.
Ее назойливый характер сделал ее непопулярной среди коллег.
The prying neighbor always asks too many questions.
Любопытный сосед всегда задает слишком много вопросов.
Synonyms
meddlesome
interfering
snoopy
nosy
inquisitive
pryingnoun
pryings
pl
UK
/ˈpraɪ.ɪŋ/
US
/ˈpraɪ.ɪŋ/
pryverb

prying

Gerund

pried
Past Simple
pried
Past Participle
prying
Gerund
UK
/praɪ/
US
/praɪ/
He tried to pry open the locked door.
Он пытался взломать запертую дверь.
It's rude to pry into other people's business.
Невежливо подглядывать в дела других людей.
She managed to pry the information out of him.
Ей удалось вытянуть из него информацию.
Additional translations
совать
разнюхивать
выведывать
Synonyms
inquire
interrogate
probe
dig
extract
eavesdrop
snoop

Definitions

pryingadjective
Excessively interested in a person's private affairs; intrusive.
The prying neighbor couldn't resist peeking through the curtains to see what was happening next door.
Used for or capable of forcing something open by leverage.
He grabbed a prying tool to lift the lid off the crate.
pryingnoun
The act of intrusively inquiring into someone’s private matters.
She was fed up with her colleagues’ constant prying into her personal life.
pryverb
To inquire too closely into a person's private affairs.
She didn't want to pry, but she was curious about his sudden change in behavior.
To use force to move or open something.
He had to pry the lid off the paint can with a screwdriver.
To obtain (information or something) with effort or persistence, often against resistance.
Journalists finally pried the truth out of the official.
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