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(pry-ing) 2 syllables

Definition

adjective. looking into someone else's business or secrets.

Example Sentence

He was prying into her affairs. OR I tried prying the toy from my brother.

More Example Sentences

She did not like his prying behavior.

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Rhymes

  • buying
  • crying
  • drying
  • dyeing
  • dying
  • eyeing
  • eying
  • flying
  • frying
  • guying
  • lying
  • plying
  • prying
  • shying
  • sighing
  • spying
  • tieing
  • trying
  • tying
  • vying

  • allying
  • applying
  • belying
  • complying
  • decrying
  • defying
  • denying
  • implying
  • relying
  • replying
  • retrying
  • supplying
  • undying

  • misapplying
  • overflying
  • overlying
  • semidrying
  • underlying

  • indemnifying
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