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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intrusive |
| Synonyms: | butting in, forward, inquisitive, interfering, meddlesome, meddling, nosy, snoopy |
| Main Entry: | pry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | interfere in someone else's business |
| Synonyms: | be a busybody, be all ears, be curious, be inquisitive, be nosy, bug*, ferret out, gape, gaze, hunt, inquire, intrude, investigate, listen in, meddle, nose, peek, peep, peer, poke, poke nose into, ransack, reconnoiter, rubberneck, search, snoop, spy, stare, tap, tune in on, wiretap |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | force or break open |
| Synonyms: | disengage, disjoin, divide, elevate, elicit, extort, extract, heave, hoist, jimmy, lever, lift, move, pick up, press, prize, pull, push, raise, rear, separate, take up, tear, tilt, turn, turn out, twist, uplift, upraise, uprear, wrest, wring |
| Antonyms: | close |
| Main Entry: | busy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nosy, impertinent |
| Synonyms: | butting in, curious, forward, inquisitive, interfering, intrusive, meddlesome, meddling, nebby, obtrusive, officious, prying, pushy, snoopy, stirring, troublesome |
| Main Entry: | curiosity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intense desire to know, understand |
| Synonyms: | concern, eagerness, inquiring mind, inquiringness, inquisitiveness, interest, interestingness, intrusiveness, investigation, meddlesomeness, meddling, mental acquisitiveness, nosiness, officiousness, prying, questioning, regard, searching, snoopiness, snooping, thirst for knowledge |
| Antonyms: | disinterest, indifference |
| Main Entry: | curious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | desiring knowledge, understanding |
| Synonyms: | analytical, disquisitive, examining, impertinent, inquiring, inquisitive, inspecting, interested, interfering, intrusive, investigative, meddlesome, meddling, nosy, peeping, peering, prurient, prying, puzzled, questioning, scrutinizing, searching, snoopy, tampering |
| Antonyms: | disinterested, incurious, indifferent, uninterested |
| Main Entry: | hunt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | search, chase |
| Synonyms: | coursing, exploration, field sport, following, frisking, game, hounding, hunting, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, interrogation, investigation, look-see, meddling, probe, prosecution, prying, pursuance, pursuing, pursuit, quest, race, raid, reconnaissance, research, rummage, scrutiny, seeking, sifting, snooping, sporting, steeplechase, study, tracing, trailing |
| 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 |
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