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prying

How many syllables in prying?

  2 syllables

Divide prying into syllables:   pry-ing
Stressed syllable in prying:   pry-ing
How to pronounce prying:   prahy-ing
How to say prying:

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Synonyms for prying


2 syllables
  • meddling
  • probing
  • nosy
  • snooping
3 syllables
  • curious
  • nosiness
4 syllables
5 syllables
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    What rhymes with prying

    2 syllables
    • buying
    • drying
    • dying
    • eying
    • frying
    • lying
    • shying
    • spying
    • trying
    • crying
    • dyeing
    • eyeing
    • flying
    • guying
    • plying
    • sighing
    • tieing
    • tying
    3 syllables
    • allying
    • belying
    • complying
    • defying
    • implying
    • relyric
    • retrying
    • undying
    4 syllables
    5 syllables
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