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• prying — Synonyms and related words: busy, busybody, curious, delving, digging, fishing, forward, impertinent, in search of, inquisitive, inquisitorial, loaded for bear, looking for, meddlesome, meddling, nosy, obtrusive, officious, out for, out for bear …   Moby Thesaurus

• snooping — snuːp n. one who snoops, one who pries or meddles; act of prying or meddling; private detective v. pry into the affairs of others, meddle, interfere …   English contemporary dictionary

• prying — adj 1. peeking, peeping, peering; inspecting, surveying, scanning; studying, scrutinizing, examining; searching, prowling, investigating; snooping, snoopy, spying, eavesdropping; ogling, gaping, gawking, craning, goggling, Inf. rubbernecking;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• nosy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. inquisitive, meddlesome, prying, snoopy. See curiosity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. meddlesome, snooping, curious; see inquisitive , interested 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. snooping, prying …   English dictionary for students

• inquisitive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. questioning; curious, prying, meddlesome, busybodyish. See curiosity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. curious, inquiring, prying, speculative, questioning, interested, intrusive, meddling, meddlesome,… …   English dictionary for students

• snoopervision — (snoo.pur.VIZH.un) n. A management or regulatory style characterized by intrusiveness or excessive prying. snoopervisor n. snoopervise v. Example Citation: Snoopervision has always been a concern among U.S. workers. It s not uncommon for… …   New words

• snoop — [[t]snu͟ːp[/t]] snoops, snooping, snooped 1) VERB If someone snoops around a place, they secretly look around it in order to find out things. [V adv/prep] Ricardo was the one she d seen snooping around Kim s hotel room. [Also V] Derived words:… …   English dictionary

• nose — noseless, adj. noselike, adj. /nohz/, n., v., nosed, nosing. n. 1. the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration …   Universalium

• curious — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Strange] Syn. odd, singular, unique; see unusual 2 . 2. [Interested] Syn. inquiring, questioning, prying; see inquisitive , interested 1 , meddlesome . See Synonym Study at inquisitive . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a.… …   English dictionary for students

• nose — [[t]noʊz[/t]] n. v. nosed, nos•ing 1) anat. the part of the face that contains the nostrils and organs of smell and that functions as a passageway for air in respiration 2) anat. this part as the organ of smell 3) the sense of smell 4) the snout …   From formal English to slang

• D. J. Tanner — Infobox character name = D.J. Tanner series = Full House caption = Candace Cameron s Title Card In Opening Credits first = Our Very First Show last = Michelle Rides Again, Part Two cause = End of series creator = portrayer = Candace Cameron… …   Wikipedia