meddlesome

med·dle·some (m

l-s

adj.

Inclined to meddle or interfere.

meddle·some·ly adv.

meddle·some·ness n.

meddlesome [ˈmɛd^əlsəm]

adj

intrusive or meddling

meddlesomely adv

meddlesomeness n

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Adj.

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"

meddlesome

adjective interfering, meddling, intrusive, intruding, mischievous, prying, officious, intermeddling a meddlesome member of the public

Translations

meddlesome [ˈmedlsəm] meddling¹ [ˈmedlɪŋ] ADJ → entrometido

meddlesome [ˈmɛd^əlsəm] meddling [ˈmɛd^əlɪŋ] adj (= interfering) [bureaucrat, politician] → indiscret/ète; [neighbour] → indiscret/ète

meddlesome

adj, meddling

adj attr she’s a meddlesome old busybody → sie mischt sich dauernd in alles ein

meddlesome [ˈmɛdlsəm] meddling [ˈmɛdlɪŋ] adj (interfering) → impiccione/a, ficcanaso m/f

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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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