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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | curious; prying |
| Synonyms: | eavesdropping, inquisitive, inquisitorial, inquisitory, interested, interfering, intermeddling, intrusive, meddlesome, personal, searching, snooping, snoopy |
| Antonyms: | indifferent, uncaring, unconcerned, uninterested |
| Main Entry: | impertinent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bold, disrespectful |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, brash, brassy, brazen, contumelious, discourteous, disgracious, flip*, forward, fresh, ill-mannered, impolite, impudent, inappropriate, incongruous, inquisitive, insolent, interfering, intrusive, lippy, meddlesome, meddling, nosy*, off base, offensive, out of line, pert, presumptuous, procacious, prying, rude, sassy*, smart, smart alecky, uncalled-for, uncivil, ungracious, unmannerly, unsuitable |
| Antonyms: | kind, mannered, nice, polite, refined, respectful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inquiring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wondering, curious |
| Synonyms: | Socratic, analytical, catechistic, doubtful, examining, fact-finding, heuristic, inquisitive, interested, interrogative, investigative, investigatory, nosy, outward-looking, probing, prying, questioning, quizzical, searching, speculative, studious |
| Antonyms: | disinterested, incurious, unskeptical |
| Main Entry: | inquisitive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | curious |
| Synonyms: | analytical, big-eyed, challenging, forward, impertinent, inquiring, inquisitorial, interested, intrusive, investigative, meddlesome, meddling, nosy, peering, personal, poking, presumptuous, probing, prying, questioning, scrutinizing, searching, sifting, snooping, speculative |
| Antonyms: | incurious, indifferent, unconcerned, uninterested |
| Main Entry: | intrusive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obtrusive |
| Synonyms: | forward, interfering, invasive, meddlesome, meddling, nosy*, presumptuous, protruding, prying |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | meddlesome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | interfering |
| Synonyms: | busy, busybody, chiseling, curious, encumbering, hindering, impeding, impertinent, intermeddling, interposing, interrupting, intruding, intrusive, kibitzing, meddling, mischievous, nosy, obstructive, officious, prying, pushy, snooping, snoopy, tampering, troublesome |
| Antonyms: | avoiding, dodging, ignorant |
| Main Entry: | obtrusive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pushy, obvious |
| Synonyms: | bulging, busy, forward, impertinent, importunate, interfering, intrusive, jutting, meddlesome, meddling, nosy, noticeable, officious, presumptuous, prognathous, projecting, prominent, protruding, protuberant, prying, sticking out |
| Antonyms: | modest, shy, unobtrusive |
| Main Entry: | pungent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | highly flavored |
| Synonyms: | acid, acrid, aromatic, bitter, effluvious, hot, nosey, odoriferous, peppery, piquant, poignant, racy, rich, salty, seasoned, sharp, snappy, sour, spicy, stinging, stinking, strong, tangy, tart, whiffy, zesty |
| Notes: | having a sharp taste is pungent and having a pleasingly sharp taste is piquant; pungent first meant 'keenly painful or distressing' |
| Antonyms: | blah, bland, dull, flavorless, tasteless |
| Main Entry: | prying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intrusive |
| Synonyms: | butting in, forward, inquisitive, interfering, meddlesome, meddling, nosy, snoopy |
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