meddle
verb/ˈmedl/
/ˈmedl/
(disapproving)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they meddle | /ˈmedl/ /ˈmedl/ |
| he / she / it meddles | /ˈmedlz/ /ˈmedlz/ |
| past simple meddled | /ˈmedld/ /ˈmedld/ |
| past participle meddled | /ˈmedld/ /ˈmedld/ |
| -ing form meddling | /ˈmedlɪŋ/ /ˈmedlɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] meddle (in/with something) to involve yourself in something that should not really involve you synonym interfere
- He had no right to meddle in her affairs.
- He’s just a meddling old fool!
Extra Examples- I've warned you, don't meddle in things you don't understand.
- I'm not the sort of proprietor who meddles with editorial policy.
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- [intransitive] meddle (with something) to touch something in a careless way, especially when it is not yours or when you do not know how to use it correctly
- Somebody had been meddling with her computer.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘mingle, mix’): from Old French medler, variant of mesler, based on Latin miscere ‘to mix’.
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