Synonyms for meddling
- adjective
- noun
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Adjective
1. Meddlesome
meddlesome, officious, busy, intrusive, impertinent, inquisitive, intermeddlesome dated
Noun
Definitions
- adj. 1
That meddles.
- n. 1
unwanted interference
Forms
- Plural
- meddlings → interferences, tamperings, intermeddlings…
Example sentences
- intrusive Miroslav apologized for being intrusive at the beginning.
- impertinent It was impertinent of you to behave like that.
- meddlesome She's a meddlesome old gossip.
- annoying When one is sick, visitors can be rather annoying.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| meddling | rising | |
| intrusive | steady | |
| impertinent | steady | |
| meddlesome | rising | |
| officious | rising | |
| annoying | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- busy2
- 7 letters
- curious3
- 8 letters
- annoying3
- 9 letters
- intrusive3, tampering3, officious
- 10 letters
- meddlesome3
- 11 letters
- inquisitive4, impertinent4
- 12 letters
- interference4
- 13 letters
- intermeddling
- 15 letters
- intermeddlesome
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (busy2 = 2 syllables).