prying

Phonetic Respelling: [ prahy-ing ]

Definition:

v. to interest oneself in what is not one's concern; to draw out by force or with effort

Sentence:

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

More example sentences:

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

Hear it

Someone was prying into her personal affairs.

Hear it

I tried prying the toy from my brother.

Hear it

Synonyms:

snooping; interfering; meddling; pulling

Antonyms:

disregarding;ignoring; overlooking; inserting

Prying rhymes:

• Two Syllable Rhymes
  • buying
  • crying
  • drying
  • dyeing
  • dying
  • eyeing
  • eying
  • flying
  • frying
  • guying
  • lying
  • plying
  • shying
  • sighing
  • spying
  • tieing
  • trying
  • tying
  • vying
• Three Syllable Rhymes
  • allying
  • applying
  • belying
  • complying
  • decrying
  • defying
  • denying
  • implying
  • relying
  • replying
  • retrying
  • supplying
  • undying
• Four Syllable Rhymes
  • misapplying
  • overflying
  • overlying
  • semidrying
  • underlying
• Five Syllable Rhymes
  • indemnifying