meddler
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6.6
- noun
- /ˈmɛd.lɚ/
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entrometido
- This is what I use on meddlers.
- meddler in affairs
- well-meaning meddler
Not just someone who I think the court in one case referred to him as a inner meddler who's coming along and trying to decide what to do.
- Not just someone who I think the court in one case referred to him as a inner meddler who's coming along and trying to decide what to do.
Examples
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The difficulty is that the prevailing image of Polonius today is that of the boring, garrulous, fussy old meddler.
Academic text (2002) -
He is often seen as a meddler for trying to change decisions that do not involve him.
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John might be a meddler.
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I have had enough of these meddlers!
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I thought they were a bunch of meddlers.
Fiction book (1994) -
You little meddler!
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John's a meddler.
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Meddlers then as now.
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Thoughtful doubters are 'meddlers' who can't leave well enough alone.
Blog text (2) -
Well-meaning meddlers in legislatures and the courts may soon detach child-rearing from marriage as well.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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7.1
A person who asks too many questions about other people's private lives
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9.9
A person who interrupts or gives unwanted opinions in other people's business without being asked
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8.3
A person who asks too many private questions about others
Antonyms
How Interfering
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Meddler comes from the old word meddle, which used to mean 'to mix', like the everyday word 'mix'. So a meddler is someone who 'mixes' into other people's affairs.