meddling

4 definitions found

meddling - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Meddle \Med"dle`\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Meddled; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Meddling.] [OE. medlen to mix, OF. medler, mesler, F.
     m[^e]ler, LL. misculare, a dim. fr. L. miscere to mix.
     [root]271. See Mix, and cf. Medley, Mellay.]
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     1. To mix; to mingle. [Obs.]
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              More to know
              Did never meddle with my thoughts.    --Shak.
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     2. To interest or engage one's self; to have to do; -- in a
        good sense. [Obs.] --Barrow.
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              Study to be quiet, and to meddle with your own
              business.                             --Tyndale.
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     3. To interest or engage one's self unnecessarily or
        impertinently, to interfere or busy one's self improperly
        with another's affairs; specifically, to handle or distrub
        another's property without permission; -- often followed
        by with or in.
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              Why shouldst thou meddle to thy hurt? --2 Kings xiv.
                                                    10.
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              The civil lawyers . . . have meddled in a matter
              that belongs not to them.             --Locke.
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     To meddle and make, to intrude one's self into another
        person's concerns. [Archaic] --Shak.
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     Syn: To interpose; interfere; intermeddle.
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  Meddling \Med"dling\, a.
     Meddlesome. --Macaulay.
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meddling - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  meddling
      adj 1: 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" [syn: interfering,
             meddlesome, meddling, officious, busy,
             busybodied]
      n 1: the act of altering something secretly or improperly [syn:
           meddling, tampering]

meddling - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "meddling":
     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