prying
prahy ing
- n offensive inquisitiveness
- v to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
- v be nosey
- v search or inquire in a meddlesome way
- v make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry
- s offensively curious or inquisitive
prying eyes
- After prying open a door blocked for thousands of years, "We found ourselves in a corridor," Weeks says.
- A young California Congressman named Richard Nixon became a national figure by prying information out of the reluctant witness.
- But above all, Michael Joseph Jackson's family will take comfort in knowing that their often reclusive son will probably be undisturbed by prying fans and press.