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Synonyms for meddlesomeness


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : med-l-suh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɛd l səm

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Définition of meddlesomeness

Origin :
  • 1610s, from meddle + -some (1). Earlier was medlous "quarrelsome, meddlesome" (mid-15c.). Related: Meddlesomely. Character name Meddlesome Mattie attested from 1814.
  • As in interfering : adj meddling
  • As in interference : noun meddling, impedance
  • As in meddling : noun interfering
  • As in inquisitiveness : noun curiosity
  • As in nosiness : noun curiosity
  • As in obtrusion : noun meddling
  • As in snoopiness : noun curiosity
  • As in curiosity : noun intense desire to know, understand
Example sentences :
  • My dear, my poor Queen might have been with me to this day, if it hadn't been for the meddlesomeness of men.
  • Extract from : « Hildegarde's Holiday » by Laura E. Richards
  • And that he had replied, "It is owing to my dislike of the meddlesomeness of women."
  • Extract from : « The Crux » by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
  • Pragmat′icalness, Prag′matism, activity: earnestness: meddlesomeness; Prag′matist.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) » by Various
  • But it does not require the meddlesomeness of a Whalley, or the volubility of a Newdegate, to make a politician.
  • Extract from : « Western Worthies » by J. Stephen Jeans
  • They frankly said the British people were just beginning the same old game of meddlesomeness.
  • Extract from : « Through South Africa » by Henry M. Stanley
  • If you have told me the truth your meddlesomeness will have far-reaching consequences too dreadful to think about!
  • Extract from : « Blacksheep! Blacksheep! » by Meredith Nicholson
  • What you learned of old Eliphalet Congdon's meddlesomeness jibes exactly with what I know of his character.
  • Extract from : « Blacksheep! Blacksheep! » by Meredith Nicholson
  • As the result of your miserly ways, your meddlesomeness and your selfishness, you've just about ruined your life.
  • Extract from : « Blacksheep! Blacksheep! » by Meredith Nicholson
  • Smothering a curse at Little's meddlesomeness, he snatched up his glasses and focussed them on the schooner.
  • Extract from : « Gold Out of Celebes » by Aylward Edward Dingle
  • A small country village in America or England has its meddlesomeness, but not its worldly, wicked sharpness.
  • Extract from : « Venetian Life » by William Dean Howells

Antonyms for meddlesomeness

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