Synonyms for meddling

Grammar : Noun

Spell : med-l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɛd l

Définition of meddling

Origin : "action of blending," mid-14c., from present participle of meddle (v.). Meaning "action of taking part, interference" is late 14c. As a past participle adjective, from 1520s. Related: Meddlingly.

noun interfering

Example sentences :

It serves him right for meddling with matters that don't concern him.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

You know there is an awkwardness in my meddling ever so cautiously.
Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu

And here too it'll be a case of meddling with forces you don't understand.
Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

Add to it here the direct influence and meddling of the head-quarters.
Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski

You are more likely to do harm than good by meddling with it.
Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim

Why, I do think it would look odd, Mrs. McKeon meddling with it.
Extract from : « The Macdermots of Ballycloran » by Anthony Trollope

There was a lock on the front door, of course, but no one thought of meddling with that.
Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Meddling with wildcat stocks––asinine any way you figure it!
Extract from : « The Gorgeous Girl » by Nalbro Bartley

I tell you again, sir, that your meddling has done nothing but mischief.
Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever

"I will have none of your meddling," said the bride of two years.
Extract from : « Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess » by Henry W. Fischer

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