Meddle \Med"dle`\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Meddled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Meddling.] [OE. medlen to mix, OF. medler, mesler, F.
m[^e]ler, LL. misculare, a dim. fr. L. miscere to mix.
[root]271. See Mix, and cf. Medley, Mellay.]
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1. To mix; to mingle. [Obs.]
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More to know
Did never meddle with my thoughts. --Shak.
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2. To interest or engage one's self; to have to do; -- in a
good sense. [Obs.] --Barrow.
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Study to be quiet, and to meddle with your own
business. --Tyndale.
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3. To interest or engage one's self unnecessarily or
impertinently, to interfere or busy one's self improperly
with another's affairs; specifically, to handle or distrub
another's property without permission; -- often followed
by with or in.
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Why shouldst thou meddle to thy hurt? --2 Kings xiv.
10.
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The civil lawyers . . . have meddled in a matter
that belongs not to them. --Locke.
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To meddle and make, to intrude one's self into another
person's concerns. [Archaic] --Shak.
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Syn: To interpose; interfere; intermeddle.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Meddling \Med"dling\, a.
Meddlesome. --Macaulay.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
meddling
adj : intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; "an interfering
old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an
officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other
people's business" [syn: interfering, meddlesome, officious,
busy, busybodied]
n : the act of altering something secretly or improperly [syn: tampering]
WordNet (r) 2.0
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "meddling":
busy, busybody, butting-in, forward, forwardness, impertinence,
impertinent, inquisitive, inquisitiveness, intermeddling,
intrusiveness, meddlesome, meddlesomeness, nosy, obtrusiveness,
officious, officiousness, presumption, presumptuous,
presumptuousness, prying, pushing, pushy, self-appointed, snoopy
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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