Synonyms for meddling


Grammar : Noun
Spell : med-l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɛd l


Définition of meddling

Origin :
  • "action of blending," mid-14c., from present participle of meddle (v.). Meaning "action of taking part, interference" is late 14c. As a past participle adjective, from 1520s. Related: Meddlingly.
  • noun interfering
Example sentences :
  • It serves him right for meddling with matters that don't concern him.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • You know there is an awkwardness in my meddling ever so cautiously.
  • Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu
  • And here too it'll be a case of meddling with forces you don't understand.
  • Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • Add to it here the direct influence and meddling of the head-quarters.
  • Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski
  • You are more likely to do harm than good by meddling with it.
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • Why, I do think it would look odd, Mrs. McKeon meddling with it.
  • Extract from : « The Macdermots of Ballycloran » by Anthony Trollope
  • There was a lock on the front door, of course, but no one thought of meddling with that.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Meddling with wildcat stocks––asinine any way you figure it!
  • Extract from : « The Gorgeous Girl » by Nalbro Bartley
  • I tell you again, sir, that your meddling has done nothing but mischief.
  • Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • "I will have none of your meddling," said the bride of two years.
  • Extract from : « Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess » by Henry W. Fischer

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