meddlesome

[ med-l-suhm ]
See synonyms for: meddlesomemeddlesomeness on Thesaurus.com

adjective
  1. given to meddling; interfering; intrusive.

Origin of meddlesome

1
First recorded in 1605–15; meddle + -some1

synonym study For meddlesome

See curious.

Other words from meddlesome

  • med·dle·some·ly, adverb
  • med·dle·some·ness, noun
  • un·med·dle·some, adjective

Words Nearby meddlesome

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use meddlesome in a sentence

  • Annoyed, young Rush sends out a pouting "who will rid me of these meddlesome hippies?"

    Rush Limbaugh! The Musical | Rick Perlstein | February 3, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • You know, before junk happened like civil rights and women's rights and all those meddlesome regulations got in the way.

    All These Useless Doctors | Kent Sepkowitz | February 1, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • But he was in that investigating, pugnacious, meddlesome mood which is apt to seize an old male bear in the autumn.

    The Backwoodsmen | Charles G. D. Roberts
  • Idle or meddlesome talk never helps any one, either the one who talks or the one who is discussed.

  • I don't care how conscientiously a man attends to business, he can't always protect himself against meddlesome people.

    Tales Of Men And Ghosts | Edith Wharton
  • "It's none of your meddlesome business, you little black scorpion," he said quietly.

    The Kentucky Warbler | James Lane Allen
  • So you were seen near Richmond station by some meddlesome individual—probably when you got out of the trap!

    In Friendship's Guise | Wm. Murray Graydon

British Dictionary definitions for meddlesome

meddlesome

/ (ˈmɛdəlsəm) /


adjective
  1. intrusive or meddling

Derived forms of meddlesome

  • meddlesomely, adverb
  • meddlesomeness, noun

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012