Antonyms for intermeddling

Grammar : Adj, noun, verb

Spell : in-ter-med-l

Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn tərˈmɛd l

Definition of intermeddling

Origin : late 14c., from Latin inter- (see inter-) + Anglo-French medler (see meddle (v.)).

As in meddlesome : adj interfering
As in nosy : adj curious; prying
As in interference : noun meddling, impedance
As in interfere : verb meddle, intervene
As in intrude : verb trespass, interrupt
As in meddle : verb intervene, interfere
As in monkey : verb fiddle, tamper with
As in interlope : verb meddle

Example sentences :

Man becomes effeminate by intermeddling with the province of woman.
Extract from : « The Young Maiden » by A. B. (Artemas Bowers) Muzzey

Least of all could she brook the intermeddling of parliament in such a concern.
Extract from : « Constitutional History of England, Vol 1 of 3 » by Henry Hallam

He wanted no intermeddling of the State; they had enough of that in Belgium already.
Extract from : « Violence and the Labor Movement » by Robert Hunter

Such was not the intermeddling in affairs that Milton had recommended.
Extract from : « Essays » by Arthur Christopher Benson

Well had it been, if the intermeddling of this bureaucracy had stopped there.
Extract from : « The Ancien Regime » by Charles Kingsley

Unfortunately, resumed the prisoner, our plans miscarried, through the intermeddling of the old housekeeper I spoke of.
Extract from : « Told by the Death's Head » by Mr Jkai

They were strictly forbidden from intermeddling, under any pretext, with the discharge of civil or criminal justice.
Extract from : « History of the Rise of the Huguenots » by Henry Baird

And I could only say in reply to this intermeddling but blest spirit: Nothing, my dear friend, absolutely nothing!
Extract from : « Notes of a Son and Brother » by Henry James

The upshot was, that the man was thrashed for intermeddling, and came back only with his scars.
Extract from : « The Discovery of the Source of the Nile » by John Hanning Speke

It was thus, we see, through the intermeddling of Northern abolitionists, that discussion was cut off in the South.
Extract from : « A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin » by A. Woodward

Synonyms for intermeddling

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