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meddling

meddling adjective: that meddles. Also the present participle and gerund of meddle.

Adjective

meddling

  1. That meddles.
    Synonyms:
    annoying

Noun

meddling (countable and uncountable, plural meddlings)

  1. unwanted interference
    • It had been well, if these dishonest meddlings with existing books had stopped here.1835, William Osburn, Doctrinal Errors of the Apostolical and Early Fathers, page 30
  2. An instance of meddling.
    • I learned more about it than most people because triffids were my job, and the firm I worked for was intimately, if not very gracefully, concerned in their public appearance. Nevertheless, their true origin still remains obscure. My own belief, for what that is worth, is that they were the outcome...1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 27

Also used as

meddling is also the present participle and gerund of meddle.

Synonyms of meddling

Forms of meddling

pluralmeddlings

Words formed from meddling

Phrases with meddling

Questions about meddling

What does meddling mean?
Meddling means that meddles.
What part of speech is meddling?
Meddling can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near meddling in the dictionary

  1. meddlesomely
  2. meddlesomeness
  3. meddlest
  4. meddleth
  5. meddlin'
  6. meddling
  7. meddling and making
  8. meddling nor making
  9. meddling or making
  10. meddlingly
  11. meddlings

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