to mell

Examples

• All

• She always mells where she doesn't belong.

• Don't mell in my affairs!

• In old stories, villagers would warn children not to mell in the affairs of strangers.

• Though the word is rare today, to mell once meant to meddle in others' business.

• In old stories, villagers would warn children not to mell in the affairs of strangers.

• He was told not to mell where he was not wanted, but he could not resist.

• She always mells where she doesn't belong, creating tension among her friends.

Synonyms

I

to interfere

vsto mell

487 3.5

To get involved in a situation and make things not work as they should

does not always imply hindering or disrupting, focusing on unwanted involvement

M

to meddle

vsto mell

80 5.7

To get involved in other people's business and annoy them

is a dialectal or archaic form rather than common modern usage

S

to stick one's nose into

vsto mell

• UK

1 7.9

To get involved in other people's business without being asked

is dialectal or archaic rather than this informal idiomatic expression

I

to intermeddle

vsto mell

9.4

Get involved in other people's affairs when not wanted

is more general, not stressing that the involvement is unnecessary

Antonyms

I

to ignore

∞ 1.0

Choose not to pay attention to someone or something

How Interfering

to butt in

• Informal

21 4.4

to intrude

105 4.4

to mell

• Archaic

9.9

to step in

240 3.2

Surface Forms

Etymology