meddle
verb (used without object)
to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly.
meddler
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a word derived from
meddle.
Example Sentences
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As for the fiscal meddler whose taxation started the trouble about representation, Reynolds’s 1765-67 portrait of Charles Townshend is at the family seat, Raynham Hall, Norfolk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
Terhune has been a stand-up comic for nearly two decades, but his doppelganger has lifted him to another plane, as if a mischievous meddler had suddenly muscled his way into the limelight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
Why would a talented coach want to work under Jones, a notorious meddler?
From The Guardian ● Nov. 9, 2018
As he explained it, from the time he had assumed his post he had been viewed by police officials as a meddler in the department’s business.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2017
I tended my own stupendous bruise through its lurid healing colors and vowed to resign my commission as a meddler.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
