Meddling

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Officious; unwarrantably busy or officiously interposing in other men's affairs: as, a meddling neighbor.
  • noun. The act or habit of interfering in matters not of one's proper concern.
  • noun. Contention in battle; fighting.
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  • adjective. Meddlesome.
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  • adjective. That meddles.
  • noun. Action of the verb meddle.
  • verb. Present participle of meddle.
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  • noun. the act of altering something secretly or improperly
  • adjective. intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
    • Word Usage
    "In addition to that political context, the word meddling gives an audacious or severe rightness to the action of this particular poem and its fabric: In another emotional context, meddling would not feel right as a term for poetic striving for something more ambitious or more glorious? than simply to please."
    Equivalent
    intrusive  
    Form
    meddlingly  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    change of state  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    pedaling  peddling  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    annoying  busy  busybody  butting-in  forward  
    verb-stem
    meddle  
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