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
He’s a meddler, a blowhard and a hothead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2020
Why would a talented coach want to work under Jones, a notorious meddler?
From The Guardian ● Nov. 9, 2018
Kelly’s piece painted Clinton as a moralist, a meddler, a prig.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2016
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
