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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. Donald Trump:

    It shows that the justice system, the Department of Justice, are aware of these Russian efforts at election meddling, the president can put this on the table and say this is a serious matter, we need to talk about it.

  2. Ben Talebu:

    An adequate force posture can actually dampen Iranian escalation prospects, weakness and irresolution can lead to more Iranian testing and meddling, not less.

  3. Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak:

    Nevertheless, the clear-eyed President Trump’s Iran strategy, along with withdrawing from the Iran deal and demanding that Iran cease its destabilizing behavior in the region, has made clear to Iran and its proxies in Yemen that meddling in the region will not be overlooked again.

  4. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov:

    I will say it openly, the process is not easy. If it were not for constant external meddling by the representatives of many European countries, NATO members and the United States, the problematic issues would be solved much more quickly.

  5. John Forman:

    It's not just prices, it's also government meddling, they expected subsalt cash to keep them in power for years, what did we get? In short, a disaster.


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