Antonyms for meddle


Grammar : Verb
Spell : med-l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɛd l


Definition of meddle

Origin :
  • early 14c., "to mingle, blend, mix," from Old North French medler (Old French mesler, 12c., Modern French mêler) "to mix, mingle, to meddle," from Vulgar Latin *misculare (source of Provençal mesclar, Spanish mezclar, Italian mescolare, meschiare), from Latin miscere "to mix" (see mix (v.)). From late 14c. as "busy oneself, be concerned with, engage in;" also disparagingly "interfere, be officious, make a nuisance of oneself" (the notion is of meddling too much). From mid-14c. to 1700, it also was a euphemism for "have sexual intercourse." Related: Meddled; meddling.
  • verb intervene, interfere
Example sentences :
  • Pray let me advise you never more to meddle with a classical myth.
  • Extract from : « The Three Golden Apples » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • But the parliament were forbidden by authority to meddle in the affair.
  • Extract from : « An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding » by David Hume
  • Relations who might interfere and pray and meddle and spoil things?
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • There are things which cannot concern him, and with which I do not choose him to meddle.
  • Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
  • All books which meddle with the faith are condemnable and pernicious.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • I thought so long as I let no one meddle with them, they were safe enough.'
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • What business have such fellows to meddle with affairs of state?
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • "And that I forbade you to meddle with," said Uncle Jack, quietly.
  • Extract from : « Five Mice in a Mouse-trap » by Laura E. Richards
  • But if the generality of men should meddle with and make use of horses, do they spoil them?
  • Extract from : « Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates » by Plato
  • "Surely such affairs are not for women to meddle with," he cried.
  • Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini

Synonyms for meddle

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