Meaning

1 senses
  1. Characterized or marked by meddling; inclined or having a tendency to meddle or interfere in other people's business.

    If those meddlesome kids hadn't turned me in, I'd have gotten away with my nefarious scheme!

    aufdringlich, lästig, vorwitzig

    надоедливыйnadojedlivyj

    нахабнийnaxabnyj

More definitions
  • intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner

Examples

4 sentences
  1. She's a meddlesome old gossip.

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  2. I don’t want to say a word against my own sister, but she was always meddlesome and hard to please.

    ruЯ не хочу говорить плохого о собственной сестре, но она всегда была излишне любопытна и придирчива.

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  3. It's a good thing Rachel Lynde got a calling down; she's a meddlesome old gossip.

    deEs ist gut, dass Rachel Lynde, diese sich überall einmischende alte Klatschtante, mal zusammengestaucht wurde.

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  4. If those meddlesome kids hadn't turned me in, I'd have gotten away with my nefarious scheme.

    ruЕсли б те назойливые детишки не сдали меня, я бы смог осуществить свой злодейский план.

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Translations

7 languages
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Русский
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Origin

From meddle + -some.

From meddle + -some.

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Forms

more meddlesome, most meddlesome
Comparativemore meddlesome Lesson
Superlativemost meddlesome Lesson

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
inclined to meddle or interfere:interferingkibitzingnosymeddlingofficious
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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