meddler


Also found in: Thesaurus, Idioms, Wikipedia.

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.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.meddler - an officious annoying person who interferes with othersmeddler - 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
busybody, nosey-parker, nosy-parker, quidnunc - a person who meddles in the affairs of others
buttinsky - a meddler who tends to butt in
kibitzer - (Yiddish) a meddler who offers unwanted advice to others
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

meddler

noun
A person given to intruding in other people's affairs:
Informal: kibitzer.
Slang: buttinsky.
Archaic: pragmatic.
The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
مُتَدَخِّل في ما لا يَعْنيه
šťoura
geskæftig person
kotnyeles
slettireka, afskiptasamur maîur
herkesin işine karışan kimse

meddler

[ˈmedləʳ] Nentrometido/a m/f
Collins 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 meddlerer muss sich immer in alles einmischen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

meddler

[ˈmɛdləʳ] n (busybody) → impiccione/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

meddle

(ˈmedl) verb
to interfere. She was always trying to meddle.
ˈmeddler noun
ˈmeddlesome adjective
fond of meddling. a meddlesome old woman.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
References in classic literature ?
That vile servant called my father 'a meddling old fool,' 'Fool and meddler art thou thyself, varlet,' I shouted, springing through the window, 'THAT for thy impudence!' and in my heat I smote him a blow mightier than I intended, for I have some strength in mine arm.
The seventeen learned societies unanimously voted the presumptuous Blotton an ignorant meddler, and forthwith set to work upon more treatises than ever.
No one will reproach you with your mistakes or call you a confounded, clumsy meddler. The Fynes watched the door, the closed street door inimical somehow to their benevolent thoughts, the face of the house cruelly impenetrable.
Who seeks to turn him back, or stay him on his course, arrests a mighty engine which will strike the meddler dead; and be the fiercer and the wilder, ever, for its momentary check!'
Embrace and invite helps, and advices, touching the execution of thy place; and do not drive away such, as bring thee information, as meddlers; but accept of them in good part.
Hence it is that I cannot in any degree approve of those restless and busy meddlers who, called neither by birth nor fortune to take part in the management of public affairs, are yet always projecting reforms; and if I thought that this tract contained aught which might justify the suspicion that I was a victim of such folly, I would by no means permit its publication.
has already caused proposals to be made to him by ten persons; he has satisfied himself with driving these ten meddlers from his presence, without saying anything to them but,
The film is being directed by Lorene Scafaria, who has earlier helmed 'This Is Heaven', 'The Meddler', 'Love Is Dead', among several others.
Dolly Levi is a widow, a matchmaker, and also a professional meddler -- but everything changes when she decides that the next match she needs to make is to find someone for herself.
Elsewhere, Victoria proves again that she's Emmerdale's champion meddler when she invites Aaron on a girls' night out to a gay bar, knowing full well Robert will be there.
This year, "Deadpool," "Bad Moms," "Love & Friendship," "Edge of Seventeen," "Sing Street" "Florence Foster Jenkins," "Everybody Wants Some!!," "Queen of Katwe," and "The Meddler" are among the films with a shot at Golden Globes attention in the comedy/ musical category.