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adjective

Definition of meddlingnext
as in busy
thrusting oneself where one is not welcome or invited the bride's parents promised that they would never be meddling in-laws

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meddling

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noun

as in interference

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meddling

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verb

present participle of meddle
as in interfering
to interest oneself in what is not one's concern please stop meddling in your sister's marriage, even though you mean well

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meddling
  1. busy
  2. interference
  3. interfering
  4. assistance
  5. meddlesome
  6. teaching
  7. officious
Adjective
  • As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office in just over a week, the returning commander in chief has scheduled a busy weekend of meetings with House Republicans to discuss policy priorities for the incoming administration.
    Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Not many pieces require such heroics: the reality is that fact checkers are busy people, who traffic only occasionally in the dark arts of deep research.
    Fergus McIntosh, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of busy
Noun
  • McDuffie was called for pass interference five times and Jones was called for offsides five times.
    Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2025
  • President-elect Trump’s legal team submitted a written opposition Friday to the Georgia Supreme Court over Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s request to have the state’s high court review her removal from the former president’s 2020 election interference case.
    Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 17 Jan. 2025
Definition of interference
Verb
  • The method could extend to electromagnetic waves for improving radar and telecommunication systems to prevent unwanted reflections from interfering and causing signal losses.
    Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 2024
  • One of my personal favorite characters is Liz, Jimmy and Alice’s interfering neighbor.
    Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of interfering
Noun
  • The group is donating $50,000 to the Entertainment Community Fund’s LA Fire Relief Fund, which is focused on providing emergency financial assistance to entertainment industry professionals impacted by this week’s wildfires.
    Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 11 Jan. 2025
  • State, local housing agencies and nonprofit organizations provide assistance to help reduce the upfront cost.
    Robert Thorpe, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of assistance
Adjective
  • Her frugal immigrant parents bring their own food, and Nate’s meddlesome mom harangues her son about his career and her desperation for a grandchild.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Trump no longer casts himself as a brash entrepreneur vexed by meddlesome government regulators but as a messianic strongman keen on maximizing state power to reshape American society, culture, and law.
    Jon D. Michaels, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
Definition of meddlesome
Noun
  • Much of its fame comes from charismatic street vendors such as 40X, who spread the teachings of the late Minister Elijah Muhammad on city corners and at markets and fairs; those teachings include that the navy bean is a kind of superfood.
    Ahmed Ali Akbar, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
  • What are the cultural, economic, and political currents that led us here? Series Reading lists, discussion guides, syllabi, pedagogical essays, and other free teaching resources for higher ed and secondary school faculty.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of teaching
Adjective
  • There’s something officious about Alden Ehrenreich.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Her charming luxury treasure trove has none of that officious chilliness that defines the typical store of its ilk but instead feels like a brocanterie crammed with interesting, unexpected luxury goods from across the world.
    Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 2 Jan. 2023
Definition of officious
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