meddler
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med·dle
(mĕd′l)intr.v. med·dled, med·dling, med·dles
1. To intrude into other people's affairs or business; interfere.
2. To handle something carelessly or ignorantly; tamper: Don't meddle with my cell phone!
[Middle English medlen, from Anglo-Norman medler, variant of Old French mesler, from Vulgar Latin *misculāre, to mix thoroughly, from Latin miscēre, to mix; see meik- in Indo-European roots.]
med′dler (mĕd′lər, mĕd′l-ər) n.
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Noun | 1. | meddler - an officious annoying person who interferes with others unwelcome person, persona non grata - a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome backseat driver - a meddler who insists on giving unwanted advice buttinsky - a meddler who tends to butt in kibitzer - (Yiddish) a meddler who offers unwanted advice to others |
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Translations
مُتَدَخِّل في ما لا يَعْنيه
šťoura
geskæftig person
kotnyeles
slettireka, afskiptasamur maîur
herkesin işine karışan kimse
meddler
[ˈmedləʳ] N → entrometido/a m/fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
meddler
n he’s a terrible meddler → er muss sich immer in alles einmischen
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meddler
[ˈmɛdləʳ] n (busybody) → impiccione/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
meddle
(ˈmedl) verb to interfere. She was always trying to meddle.
ˈmeddler nounˈmeddlesome adjective
fond of meddling. a meddlesome old woman.
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