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  1. meddlingadjective

    Synonyms:
    annoying

  2. meddlingadjective

    That meddles.

    Synonyms:
    annoying

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  1. meddling

    An inquisitive person is one who is bent on finding out all that can be found out by inquiry, especially of little and personal matters, and hence is generally meddlesome and prying. Inquisitive may be used in a good sense, tho in such connection inquiring is to be preferred; as, an inquiring mind. As applied to a state of mind, curious denotes a keen and rather pleasurable desire to know fully something to which one's attention has been called, but without the active tendency that inquisitive implies; a well-bred person may be curious to know, but will not be inquisitive in trying to ascertain, what is of interest in the affairs of another.

    Synonyms:
    curious, inquiring, inquisitive, intrusive, meddlesome, peeping, prying, scrutinizing, searching

    Antonyms:
    apathetic, careless, heedless, inattentive, indifferent, unconcerned, uninterested

    Preposition:
    Inquisitive about, concerning, in regard to, regarding trifles.

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. meddling, tamperingadjective

    the act of altering something secretly or improperly

    Synonyms:
    tampering

    Antonyms:
    unintrusive, not intrusive

  2. interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, busy, busybodiedadjective

    intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner

    "an interfering old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people's business"

    Synonyms:
    interfering, busybodied, meddlesome, fussy, engaged, officious, busy, in use(p)

    Antonyms:
    not intrusive, unintrusive

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. meddlingadjective

    Synonyms:
    interfering, intermeddling, pragmatical, officious

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  1. meddlingnoun

    Synonyms:
    interference, intrusion, intermeddling

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  1. List of paraphrases for "meddling":

    interference, entangling, interfering, intrusion, intervention

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How to use meddling in a sentence?

  1. Theodore Roosevelt:

    The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

  2. Rudy Giuliani:

    We're not meddling in an election, we're meddling in an investigation, which we have a right to do.

  3. White House:

    When the President says Russia hoax, he's not talking about Russian meddling, he's been very clear about that. ... The President, when he says Russia hoax, he means the investigation and some others on TV, never under oath, wanting to suggest that somehow Russian meddling in the 2016 election was successful in changing a single vote or indeed the electoral outcome, and we know that.

  4. Carter Page:

    If there was any meddling in the election, all of the false narratives that has been out there is the ultimate meddling.

  5. Henry Miller:

    Living apart and at peace with myself, I came to realize more vividly the meaning of the doctrine of acceptance. To refrain from giving advice, to refrain from meddling in the affairs of others, to refrain, even though the motives be the highest, from tampering with another's way of life - so simple, yet so difficult for an active spirit. Hands off


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