Meaning of MEDDLING
| Pronunciation: | | m'eduling
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- [n] the act of altering something secretly or improperly
- [adj] intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; "an interfering old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people's business"
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| | Synonyms: | | busy, busybodied, interfering, intrusive, meddlesome, officious, tampering |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Med"dling\, a.
Meddlesome. --Macaulay.
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| | Related Terms: | | busy, busybody, butting-in, forward, forwardness, impertinence, impertinent, inquisitive, inquisitiveness, intermeddling, intrusiveness, meddlesome, meddlesomeness, nosy, obtrusiveness, officious, officiousness, presumption, presumptuous, presumptuousness, prying, pushing, pushy, self-appointed, snoopy |
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