meddle

med·dle  (mdl)

intr.v. med·dled, med·dling, med·dles

1. To intrude into other people's affairs or business; interfere. See Synonyms at interfere.

2. To handle something idly or ignorantly; tamper.

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[Middle English medlen, from Anglo-Norman medler, variant of Old French mesler, from Vulgar Latin *misculre, to mix thoroughly, from Latin miscre, to mix; see meik- in Indo-European roots.]

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meddler (mdlr, mdl-r) n.

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meddle

Verb

[-dling, -dled] to interfere annoyingly [Old French medler]

meddler n
meddlesome adj

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

meddle - intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly; "Don't meddle in my affairs!" tamper intervene, step in, interfere, interpose - get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force; "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?"

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meddle

verb interfere, intervene, tamper, intrude, pry, butt in, interpose, stick your nose in (informal) put your oar in, intermeddle, put your two cents in U.S. (slang)

Translations

meddle [ˈmɛdl] vi to meddle in → entrometerse en;

to meddle with sth → manosear algo

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meddle [ˈmɛdl] vi to meddle in → se mêler de, s'occuper de;

to meddle with → toucher à

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meddle [ˈmɛdl] vi to meddle (in) → sich einmischen (in +acc);

to meddle with sb → sich mit jdm einlassen;

to meddle with sth (tamper) → sich dat an etw dat zu schaffen machen

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meddle [ˈmɛdl] vi to meddle in → immischiarsi in, mettere le mani in;

to meddle with → toccare

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meddle

v meddle [ˈmedl]

to interfere She was always trying to meddle. inmeng يَتَدَخَّل меся се vměšovat se blande sig sich einmischen ανακατεύομαι entrometerse vahele segama دخالت کردن puuttua toisten asioihin s'ingérer לְהִתעָרֵב काम में हस्तक्षेप करना miješati se, upletati se be(le)avatkozik ikut campur skipta sér af intromettersi 干渉する 간섭하다, 참견하다 kištis (ne į savo reikalus) []jaukties masuk campur zich bemoeien met blande seg bort i, stikke nesen borti wtrącać się interferir a se amesteca вмешиваться miešať sa vmešavati se mešati se blanda (lägga) sig i, lägga sin näsa i blöt ก้าวก่าย karışmak 幹預, 管閑事 втручатися دخل اندازی کرنا xen vào 干预, 管闲事

n meddler

inmenger مُتَدَخِّل في ما لا يَعْنيه човек който се меси šťoura geskæftig person jemand, der sich in fremde Angelegenheiten einmischt ανακατωσούρης entrometido tüütus آدم فضول tungettelija personne qui se mêle de tout מִתעַרֵב בְּעִנייָנֵי זוּלָתוֹ काम में हस्तक्षेप करने वाला zabadalo, nametljivac tolakodó; kotnyeles orang yang ikut campur slettireka, afskiptasamur maður impiccione 干渉者 간섭 잘하는 사람, 오지랖이 넓은 사람 įkyrus, mėgstantis visur kištis žmogus tāds, kas visur []jaucas orang yang masuk campur bemoeial geskjeftig person, klåfinger wścibski osobnik intrometido băgăcios вмешивающийся во всё человек vrták vsiljivec onaj ko voli da se meša person som lägger sig i allt คนชอบก้าวก่าย herkesin işine karışan kimse 干涉者 особа, що втручається не у свої справи مداخلت کار người hay xen vào chuyện người khác 干涉者

adj meddlesome

fond of meddling a meddlesome old woman. inmengerig فُضولي، مُتَدَخِّل натрапнически všetečný geskæftig aufdringlich που του αρέσει να ανακατεύεται entrometido pealetükkiv فضولی tungetteleva indiscret מִתעַרֵב בְּעִנייָנֵי זוּלָתוֹ हस्तक्षेप करने में लीन रहने वाला nametljiv, radoznao minden lében kanál suka ikut campur afskiptasamur impiccione おせっかいな 참견하기 좋아하는 mėgstantis kištis ne į savo reikalus uzbāzīgs, apnicīgs suka masuk campur bemoeiziek geskjeftig wścibski intrometido indiscret назойливый dotieraný vsiljiv nametljiv beskäftig, beställsam ซึ่งชอบก้าวก่าย işe karışmaya bayılan 愛管閑事的 той, що втручається не у свої справи مداخلت کار thích xen vào chuyện người khác 爱管闲事的