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meddlesome

[ med-l-suhm ]

adjective

  1. given to meddling; interfering; intrusive.


meddlesome

/ ˈmɛdəlsəm /

adjective

  1. intrusive or meddling
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈmeddlesomely, adverb
  • ˈmeddlesomeness, noun
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Other Words From

  • meddle·some·ly adverb
  • meddle·some·ness noun
  • un·meddle·some adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of meddlesome1

First recorded in 1605–15; meddle + -some 1
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Synonym Study

See curious.
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Example Sentences

Will no one rid us of these meddlesome prosecutors?

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Since then, other candidates have pursued similarly meddlesome strategies.

Artificial intelligence can paint meddlesome monkeys, speak in the basso profundo of James Earl Jones and play a tune to suit a hall of mirrors.

“I didn’t want Liz to be a meddlesome neighbor in someone’s life,” Miller says on a video call from her home office.

Bonnie Black delivers compelling performances as both the marquise’s mother, a woman of mean understanding, and the meddlesome Madam Graffigny, a not entirely welcome guest at the marquise’s family estate.

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