meddlesome
Syllables: med·dle·some/ˈmɛdəlsəm/
meddlesome adjective: characterized or marked by meddling; inclined or having a tendency to meddle or interfere in other people's business.
Adjective
meddlesome (comparative more meddlesome, superlative most meddlesome)
- Characterized or marked by meddling; inclined or having a tendency to meddle or interfere in other people's business.
- If those meddlesome kids hadn't turned me in, I'd have gotten away with my nefarious scheme!
- As this was well before the meddlesome days in which we now live, can Mr. Cox explain why this plan was never carried out?1953 June, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 395
- Synonyms:
- interfering, kibitzing, nosy, meddling, officious
meddlesome meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
meddlesome in Tamil
- குறுக்கிடுகின்ற, தலையிடுகின்ற
meddlesome in Malayalam
- intrusive, interfering, meddling
- അനാവശ്യമായി അന്യകാര്യത്തിൽ ഇടപെടുന്ന, അനാവശ്യ ഇടപെടൽ നടത്തുന്ന, അന്യ കാര്യങ്ങളിൽ അനാവശ്യമായി തലയിടുന്ന, വലിഞ്ഞുകയറുന്ന, വേണ്ടാത്തിടത്തു പ്രവേശിക്കുന്ന, പരകാര്യത്തിൽ തലയിടുന്ന
meddlesome in Kannada
- ಅಧಿಕ ಪ್ರಸಂಗದ, ತಲೆಹಾಕಲು ಇಷ್ಟಪಡುವ
More languagesFewer languages
- meddlesome in Arabic
- متطفل
- meddlesome in Thai
- ชอบยุ่ง chɔ̂ɔp-yûng, ชอบก้าวก่าย chɔ̂ɔp-gâao-gàai, จุ้นจ้าน, สอดรู้สอดเห็น sɔ̀ɔt-rúu-sɔ̀ɔt-hěn
Synonyms of meddlesome
Forms of meddlesome
| comparative | more meddlesome |
|---|---|
| superlative | most meddlesome |
Origin of meddlesome
From meddle + -some.
Words formed from meddlesome
Phrases with meddlesome
Questions about meddlesome
- What does meddlesome mean?
- Meddlesome means characterized or marked by meddling; inclined or having a tendency to meddle or interfere in other people's business.
- What is meddlesome in Tamil?
- Meddlesome in Tamil is குறுக்கிடுகின்ற, தலையிடுகின்ற. See Meddlesome meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is meddlesome?
- Meddlesome is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce meddlesome?
- Meddlesome is pronounced /ˈmɛdəlsəm/.
Words near meddlesome in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: meddlesome (page history and authors); meddlesome (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); meddlesome (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); meddlesome (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); meddlesome (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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