meddlesome
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7.2
- adjective
- /ˈmɛdəlˌsʌm/
:
entrometido
- She found him to be a meddlesome friend who constantly gave unwanted advice.
- meddlesome neighbor
- meddlesome mother
- meddlesome woman
Examples
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David Brower has often commented: "Environmentalists may make meddlesome neighbors, but they make great ancestors."
Academic text (2001) -
Anyway, I hope you don't think I'm being meddlesome.
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Oh, for the love of God, what does that meddlesome old bat want?
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Your parents were meddlesome fools too.
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I just need to get the Chronos back from those meddlesome kids.
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These children are meddlesome when they're together.
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The fact that these meddlesome women had come all the way from Boston was upsetting, to say the least.
Fiction book (1991) -
Algy, you are a meddlesome jackass.
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I've worked too hard and too long to keep him alive to have him killed by one pig-headed, meddlesome little girl like you.
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You meddlesome little twerp.
Synonyms
60
3.4
Too interested in other people's private life in an annoying way
52
6.1
Entering where you are not wanted and disturbing someone's privacy
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7.5
Showing too much interest in other people's affairs
8
5.5
Showing too much interest in other people's private lives
5
8.6
Too ready to give help or advice when people do not want it
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8.4
A person who is too interested in other people's private lives
Being involved in other people's matters when not wanted
A person who tries to control other people's lives
A person who tries to find out or change other people's private lives
Antonyms
How Interfering
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word meddlesome comes from the verb meddle, which originally came from an old French word meaning 'to mix', and the ending -some means 'full of'. So a meddlesome person 'mixes' into other people's business, which is why the word means 'tending to interfere'.