meddlesome
Americanadjective
adjective
Related Words
See curious.
Other Word Forms
- meddlesomely adverb
- meddlesomeness noun
- unmeddlesome adjective
Etymology
Origin of meddlesome
Example Sentences
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And as the tribunes who stir up the populace’s antipathy toward Coriolanus, William DeMeritt and Zuzanna Szadkowski are bland, seemingly unwilling to decide whether their characters are nefarious or just mildly meddlesome.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
“I didn’t want Liz to be a meddlesome neighbor in someone’s life,” Miller says on a video call from her home office.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2023
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.
From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2023
Curses, shape-shifters and meddlesome gods abound in “Drinking From Graveyard Wells” by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, a searing collection of stories about Black women in tough situations.
From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2023
But when they arrived, they found that they were considered meddlesome outsiders.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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