Pry

Synonyms: be a busybody, be curious about, be inquisitive about, be nosy (about), busybody, curious, delve into, eavesdrop on, eavesdropping, enquire impertinently into, ferret (about/around) in, impertinent, inquisitive, interfere in, interfering, intrude on, intrusive, investigate impertinently, listen in on, meddle in, meddlesome, meddling, mind someone else's business, nebby, nose into, nosy, poke about/around in, probe, probing, scrutinize, snoop about/around/round in, snooping, snoopy, spy on, spying, stick/poke one's nose in/into, stickybeak, tap someone's phone

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Pry

(verb) enquire too inquisitively into a person’s private affairs; “I’m sick of you prying into my personal life”

Pry (प्राइ) meaning in Hindi (English to Hindi Dictionary)

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Pry Origin

early 19th century: from the verb prise, interpreted as pries, third person singular of the present tense.

Pry in a sentence (word usage in recent newspaper)

But – phew – at least it was password protected, otherwise any peeping tom could pry through your entire mobile life.
Don’t pry or compare: Nothing good can come out of it.
All in all, it’s high time we banned such pathetic and less than smart ads that pry on women’s insecurities and pit them against each other.
According to police, one fot he victims, a scrap dealer, was trying to pry out copper from the shell when it exploded.
New US satellite seeks to pry secrets out of Atlantic’s storms.

Mnemonic trick to remember the meaning of pry

pry = spy

Pry Pronunciation