Synonyms for meddlesomeness
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : med-l-suh m |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɛd l səm |
Top 10 synonyms for meddlesomeness
- backseat driving
- barging in
- blocking
- checking
- choking
- clashing
- clogging
- concern
- curiousness
- eagerness
- hampering
- hindrance
- inquiring mind
- inquiringness
- inquisitiveness
- interest
- interestingness
- interference
- intermeddling
- interposition
- interrupting
- intrusiveness
- investigation
- meddlesomeness
- meddling
- mental acquisitiveness
- nosiness
- obtrusive
- officious
- officiousness
- opposition
- prying
- questioning
- regard
- resistance
- retardation
- searching
- snoopiness
- snooping
- tackling
- thirst for knowledge
- trespassing
Définition of meddlesomeness
Origin :- 1610s, from meddle + -some (1). Earlier was medlous "quarrelsome, meddlesome" (mid-15c.). Related: Meddlesomely. Character name Meddlesome Mattie attested from 1814.
- As in interfering : adj meddling
- As in interference : noun meddling, impedance
- As in meddling : noun interfering
- As in inquisitiveness : noun curiosity
- As in nosiness : noun curiosity
- As in obtrusion : noun meddling
- As in snoopiness : noun curiosity
- As in curiosity : noun intense desire to know, understand
- My dear, my poor Queen might have been with me to this day, if it hadn't been for the meddlesomeness of men.
- Extract from : « Hildegarde's Holiday » by Laura E. Richards
- And that he had replied, "It is owing to my dislike of the meddlesomeness of women."
- Extract from : « The Crux » by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- Pragmat′icalness, Prag′matism, activity: earnestness: meddlesomeness; Prag′matist.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) » by Various
- But it does not require the meddlesomeness of a Whalley, or the volubility of a Newdegate, to make a politician.
- Extract from : « Western Worthies » by J. Stephen Jeans
- They frankly said the British people were just beginning the same old game of meddlesomeness.
- Extract from : « Through South Africa » by Henry M. Stanley
- If you have told me the truth your meddlesomeness will have far-reaching consequences too dreadful to think about!
- Extract from : « Blacksheep! Blacksheep! » by Meredith Nicholson
- What you learned of old Eliphalet Congdon's meddlesomeness jibes exactly with what I know of his character.
- Extract from : « Blacksheep! Blacksheep! » by Meredith Nicholson
- As the result of your miserly ways, your meddlesomeness and your selfishness, you've just about ruined your life.
- Extract from : « Blacksheep! Blacksheep! » by Meredith Nicholson
- Smothering a curse at Little's meddlesomeness, he snatched up his glasses and focussed them on the schooner.
- Extract from : « Gold Out of Celebes » by Aylward Edward Dingle
- A small country village in America or England has its meddlesomeness, but not its worldly, wicked sharpness.
- Extract from : « Venetian Life » by William Dean Howells
Antonyms for meddlesomeness
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