Meanings
adjectiveprying (comparative more prying, superlative most prying)
comparative more prying · superlative most prying
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of pry
nounprying (plural pryings)
plural pryings
- The act of one who pries.
That it is wrongful to do a thing in that it is grubby in the way in which pryings for the sake of prurient interest are grubby, does not by itself make doing the thing an infringement of a claim.
1992, Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights, page 280
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Esperanto sondado
- sondadoact of one who pries
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with prying
tryingbuyingflyingapplyingdyinglyingcryingdryingdenyingspyingtyingcomplyingimplyingfryingdyeingdefyingvyingundyingsighingplyingscryingdecryingretryinguntying
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APA
prying. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prying
MLA
“prying.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prying. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prying,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prying.
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