Synonyms:
nosy, nosey, prying, snoopy
Meaning: offensively curious or inquisitive; "curious about the neighbor's doings"; "he flipped through my letters in his nosy way"; "prying eyes"; "the snoopy neighbor watched us all day"
'Such nasty, prying ways,' said Mrs Biddle, 'will never make you successful in life.
She repented of her foolish curiosity, and cursed her desire of prying into the affairs of her brother and sister-in-law.
It looked for all the world as though they had something to conceal; Czarist Russia couldn't beat that for keeping track of people and prying into their business.
They were sounds occasioned by the artist in prying open the oblong box, by means of a chisel and mallet--the latter being apparently muffled, or deadened, by some soft woollen or cotton substance in which its head was enveloped.
Esther was of a dark complexion, a true brunette and very sturdy; Angelica the brightest red and the most exactly like her mother; while Selwyn was the smallest cub, of a very prying, inquisitive and cunning temper, but delicate and undersized.