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meddlesome

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med·dle·some  (mdl-sm)
adj.
Inclined to meddle or interfere.
meddle·some·ly adv.
meddle·some·ness n.
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Adj.1.meddlesome - 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"
busybodied, interfering, meddling, officious, busy
intrusive - tending to intrude (especially upon privacy); "she felt her presence there was intrusive"
Translations
meddlesome [ˈmɛdlsəm], meddling [ˈmɛdlɪŋ] adj (= interfering) → entrometido (= touching things); curioso
meddlesome [ˈmɛdlsəm], meddling [ˈmɛdlɪŋ] adj → indiscret/ète, qui se mêle de ce qui ne le (or la) regarde pas; touche-à-tout inv
meddlesome [ˈmɛdlsəm], meddling [ˈmɛdlɪŋ] meddle adj → sich ständig einmischend
meddlesome [ˈmɛdlsəm], meddling [ˈmɛdlɪŋ] adj (= interfering) → che mette il naso dappertutto;
(touching things) → che tocca tutto


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And he suffered enough from brazenly meddlesome and self-seeking folk, from impudent and inquisitive intruders, to justify some suspicion of old acquaintances suddenly styling themselves old friends, and of distant connections newly and unduly eager to claim relationship.
Dead Men Tell No Tales by Hornung, E. W. View in context
Why has that meddlesome old Englishman blundered against me?
Under Western Eyes by Conrad, Joseph View in context
So she took and dusted us both with the hickry, and we was as much as two hours catching another fifteen or sixteen, drat that meddlesome cub, and they warn't the likeliest, nuther, because the first haul was the pick of the flock.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context
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