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meddlesome en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈmɛdəlsəm/

Etymology

From meddle + -some.

Meanings

1. Characterized or marked by meddling; inclined or having a tendency to meddle or interfere in other people's business.
   • If those meddlesome kids hadn't turned me in, I'd have gotten away with my nefarious scheme!
   • As this was well before the meddlesome days in which we now live, can Mr. Cox explain why this plan was never carried out? 1953 June, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 395:
   • The help tended to be officious, the rules, if heeded, restrictive, and the management meddlesome. 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 168:

Forms

Deriveds

meddlesomely · meddlesomeness · meddlesome Mattie · unmeddlesome

Synonyms

officious (inclined to meddle or interfere) · interfering (inclined to meddle or interfere) · meddling (inclined to meddle or interfere) · kibitzing (inclined to meddle or interfere) · nosy (inclined to meddle or interfere)

Translations (44)

tr müdaheleci (inclined to meddle or interfere) · th จุ้นจ้าน (inclined to meddle or interfere) · cs všetečný (inclined to meddle or interfere) · es meterete (inclined to meddle or interfere) · fi tunkeileva (inclined to meddle or interfere) · th ชอบก้าวก่าย (inclined to meddle or interfere) · mi āmionga (inclined to meddle or interfere) · es entrometido (inclined to meddle or interfere) · pt intrometido (inclined to meddle or interfere) · th ขี้เสือก (inclined to meddle or interfere) · ja おせっかいな (inclined to meddle or interfere) · es metiche (inclined to meddle or interfere) · de vorwitzig (inclined to meddle or interfere) · es entremetido (inclined to meddle or interfere) · uk нахабний (inclined to meddle or interfere) · fr importun (inclined to meddle or interfere) · cmn 好事 (inclined to meddle or interfere) · mk на́метлив (inclined to meddle or interfere) · da nævenyttig (inclined to meddle or interfere) · bg натрапчив (inclined to meddle or interfere) · es metijón (inclined to meddle or interfere) · mk на́траплив (inclined to meddle or interfere) · th ชอบยุ่ง (inclined to meddle or interfere) · tr işgüzar (inclined to meddle or interfere) · pt enxerido (inclined to meddle or interfere) · es entrépito (inclined to meddle or interfere) · de aufdringlich (inclined to meddle or interfere) · es safrisco (inclined to meddle or interfere) · es shute (inclined to meddle or interfere) · es metiches (inclined to meddle or interfere) · es meticón (inclined to meddle or interfere) · cs šťouravý (inclined to meddle or interfere) · es metichi (inclined to meddle or interfere) · th สอดรู้สอดเห็น (inclined to meddle or interfere) · cmn 愛管閒事 /爱管闲事 (inclined to meddle or interfere) · grc πολυπρᾱ́γμων (inclined to meddle or interfere) · de lästig (inclined to meddle or interfere) · ar متطفل (inclined to meddle or interfere) · es intrusete (inclined to meddle or interfere) · nl bemoeizuchtig (inclined to meddle or interfere) · de zudringlich (inclined to meddle or interfere) · cs dotěrný (inclined to meddle or interfere) · mi maikutu (inclined to meddle or interfere) · ru надоедливый (inclined to meddle or interfere)