English
Etymology
meddle + -some
Adjective
meddlesome (comparative more meddlesome, superlative most meddlesome)
- Characterised 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!
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
inclined to meddle or interfere
- Arabic: متطفل
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 愛管閒事／爱管闲事 (zh), 爱管闲事 (zh) (àiguǎnxiánshì), 好事 (zh) (hàoshì)
- Czech: šťouravý, všetečný, dotěrný
- Danish: nævenyttig
- Dutch: bemoeizuchtig (nl)
- Finnish: tunkeileva (fi)
- French: importun (fr)
- German: aufdringlich (de), lästig (de), vorwitzig, zudringlich (de)
- (deprecated template usage)
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- Greek:
- Ancient: πολυπράγμων (poluprágmōn)
- Japanese: おせっかいな (osekkai na)
- Maori: maikutu, āmionga
- Portuguese: enxerido (pt), intrometido (pt)
- Russian: надоедливый (ru) (nadojedlivyj)
- Spanish: entrometido (es)
- Turkish: işgüzar (tr), müdaheleci
- Ukrainian: нахабний (naxabnyj)
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