meddlesome

From meddle +‎ -some.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛdəlsəm/

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• Rhymes: -ɛdəlsəm
• Hyphenation: med‧dle‧some

meddlesome (comparative more meddlesome, superlative most meddlesome)

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!

   • 1953 June, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 395:

     As this was well before the meddlesome days in which we now live, can Mr. Cox explain why this plan was never carried out?

   • 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 168:

     The help tended to be officious, the rules, if heeded, restrictive, and the management meddlesome.

• (inclined to meddle or interfere): interfering, kibitzing, nosy, meddling, officious.