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Synonyms for pry
praɪpry
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crowbar, wrecking bar, pry, pry barverb
a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
Synonyms:
wrecking bar, crowbar, pry barpry, prise, prize, lever, jimmyverb
to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
"The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"
Synonyms:
prize, poke, intrude, treasure, nose, esteem, lever, respect, appreciate, horn in, value, jimmy, prisepryverb
be nosey
"Don't pry into my personal matters!"
Synonyms:
prize, poke, intrude, nose, lever, horn in, jimmy, priseintrude, horn in, pry, nose, pokeverb
search or inquire in a meddlesome way
"This guy is always nosing around the office"
Synonyms:
stab, nuzzle, dig, horn in, intrude, prize, jab, nose, wind, lever, obtrude, trespass, irrupt, thump, scent, jimmy, prise, prod, pound, pokepry, priseverb
make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry
"They pried the information out of him"
Synonyms:
prize, poke, intrude, nose, esteem, lever, respect, horn in, value, jimmy, prise
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Editors Contribution
obstrude
become noticeable in an unwelcome or intrusive way
Submitted by @Muskan on December 28, 2020
Dictionary of English Synonymes
pryverb
Synonyms:
peer, search, look closely or narrowly
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#13121 | scent | |
#19711 | stab | |
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#24640 | peep | |
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#33365 | trespass | |
#40025 | phl | |
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#50952 | prise | |
#55667 | scrutinize | |
#58820 | intrude | |
#59137 | crowbar | |
#200615 | nuzzle |
How to use pry in a sentence?
You could never pry anything from him.
You know all the years I knew Tommy, I never heard him mention a sister or a mother or a brother or a father, you could never pry anything from him.
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone:
The intention is certainly not to pry into the private lives of the teachers. We certainly aren't going to do that. People are entitled to their private lives, but teachers also have to respect the mission of the school in the way they live their public lives.
On Sunday she was going out to meet someone and wasn’t saying who. I didn’t pry into it then, but. of course, now I wish….
Harlen Ellison, interview with Charlie Rose:
What is not nailed down is mine. Anything that I can pry loose was not nailed down.
Translations for pry
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- نقبArabic
- dotorejarCatalan, Valencian
- schnüffeln, Hebel, aufhebelnGerman
- palancaSpanish
- طعمهPersian
- urkkia, nuuskiaFinnish
- s’immiscer, fouiller, scruter, fureterFrench
- חטטנות, מנוף, הנפהHebrew
- membongkarIndonesian
- sbirciare, intrudereItalian
- 詮索, 首を突っ込むJapanese
- 캐내다Korean
- hendel, openwrikken, invloed, priemen, steken, hefboom, boren, hefboomkracht, priem, wrikkenDutch
- bisbilhotar, xeretarPortuguese
- выведывать, следить, рычаг, шпионить, подсматриватьRussian
- gTurkish
- 撬Chinese
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