prying

• Qualifie une personne qui manifeste une curiosité excessive et indiscrète pour la vie privée des autres, cherchant à connaître ou à s'immiscer dans leurs affaires personnelles.

Describes someone who is excessively curious about the private affairs of others.

1. Inquisitive or nosyB2informal

   Showing an offensively curious or overly inquisitive interest in other people's private matters.

   curieux, indiscret

   • She ignored the prying questions from the journalist.
   • He had a prying nature that made others uncomfortable.
   • The neighbors were prying into their personal affairs.

   Synonymesbusybodycuriousinquisitiveintrusivemeddlesomeofficious

   Antonymesdisinterestedincuriousindifferentunconcerneduninterested

• Nom désignant l'action de s'intéresser de façon excessive ou indiscrète aux affaires personnelles d'autrui, souvent en cherchant à les découvrir ou à les observer.

A noun referring to the act of being overly curious or intrusively inquisitive about the private affairs of others.

indénombrable

1. Offensive InquisitivenessB2formal

   The act of excessively or intrusively seeking information about others' private matters.

   Curiosité indiscrète

   • His constant prying into her personal life made her uncomfortable.
   • The journalist's prying was seen as an invasion of privacy.
   • She resented the prying of her nosy neighbors.

   Synonymescuriosityinquisitivenessintrusionintrusivenessmeddlingnosiness

   Antonymesdisinterestindifferenceunconcern

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de s'enquérir indiscrètement ou de manière insistante des affaires personnelles d'autrui, ou encore pour ouvrir quelque chose à l'aide d'un levier.

A verb used to indicate the act of inquiring impertinently or intrusively into private matters, or to lever something open.

1. Force openB2formal

   To move or force something, especially in an effort to get it open.

   forcer en faisant levier

   • He used a crowbar to pry open the locked chest.
   • She pried the lid off the jar with a knife.
   • The firefighters pried the door open to rescue the trapped people.

   Synonymesleverpriseprizewrench

2. Inquire nosilyB2informal

   To ask questions in a way that is too curious or intrusive about someone's private life.

   Fouiner

   • Stop prying into my personal affairs!
   • She pried into his past relationships without permission.
   • The journalist pried for details about the celebrity's divorce.

   Synonymesinterfereintrudemeddlenosepokesnoop

   Antonymesrespect

3. Search meddlesomelyB2informal

   To search or inquire in a meddlesome or presumptuous way.

   Fouiner

   • He pried through her desk drawers looking for evidence.
   • They pried into the company's financial records without authorization.
   • The detective pried into every corner of the suspect's life.

   Synonymesintrudemeddlenosepeekpokesnoop

   Antonymesignoreneglectrespect