PRIED Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

pried 1 of 2

verb (1)

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past tense of pry

as in pulled

to raise, move, or pull apart with or as if with a lever it took some effort to pry up the trap door

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as in yanked

to draw out by force or with effort a vain attempt to pry the cork out of a wine bottle

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pried

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verb (2)

past tense of pry

as in interfered

to interest oneself in what is not one's concern don't go prying into other people's business

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Recent Examples of pried

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But the best dishes attest to careful technique, like the lovingly fluffy housemade paneer that somehow melts and crumbles at once, and biryani under a lid sealed with a strip of dough, pried off with a knife at your table. —

Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026 In what was billed an organizational coup, the Braves pried Chuck Tanner from the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cox from the Jays. —

Mark Bradley For The Ajc, AJC.com, 9 May 2026 From there, one person held the blue heron still as the other carefully and forcefully pried the oyster's shells apart with a screwdriver. —

Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026 The burglars pried open a window to get into a room on the second floor. —

Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026 Kemp says everything was ransacked, doors were broken, drawers and cupboards pried open, and empty cash boxes were on display. —

Alysia Burgio, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026 Colbert also pried about the pair’s friendship with the author George Saunders, asking for an invite the next time the three hang out. —

Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 14 Apr. 2026 Someone pried open the mailbox of a residence in the 18000 block of Vessing Road, causing damage estimated at approximately $1,200. —

Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2026 The officers pried open the panel to free the woman, who was unable to get out of the tank on her own, according to the court records. —

Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026

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Colorado pulled to 8-3 in the fifth on Tyler Freeman’s two-run homer, but the Angels answered again in the bottom half on Jo Adell’s RBI single for a 9-3 lead.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
The hood’s intake is mounted at the back, so smoke and fumes rising from the back burners get pulled straight up into it.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 3 June 2026