meddlesome

see definition of meddlesome

adjinterfering

Synonyms for meddlesome

adj interfering

Antonyms for meddlesome

busiest

adjective. nosy, impertinent

busy

adjective. nosy, impertinent

curious

adjective. desiring knowledge, understanding

Word Origin & History

1610s, from meddle + -some (1). Earlier was medlous "quarrelsome, meddlesome" (mid-15c.). Related: Meddlesomely. Character name Meddlesome Mattie attested from 1814.

Example Sentences formeddlesome

He was meddlesome with perfect modesty; if he knew a thing or two there was no merit in it.

We won't tell the captain; he is as meddlesome as an old woman!

He loved his little girl; but he thought her much too meddlesome.

He was meddlesome, wrong-headed, unreasonable, and bold with it all.

The meddlesome neighbor didn't quite know what answer to make.

I didn't say a word about the names she called her,—meddlesome Matty, and all that.

"John is a meddlesome fellow," said Jasper, in a tone of vexation.

He doesn't like Saint John and calls him a meddlesome monkey of a minister.

For Nelly—to use her own words—had no patience with that “meddlesome person.”

He did not care for children; they were meddlesome and noisy.

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