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单词 intermeddles
释义

intermeddle

verb

in·​ter·​med·​dle ˌin-tər-ˈme-dᵊl How to pronounce intermeddle (audio)
intermeddled; intermeddling; intermeddles

intransitive verb

: to meddle impertinently and officiously and usually so as to interfere
intermeddler
ˌin-tər-ˈme-dᵊl-ər How to pronounce intermeddle (audio)
-ˈmed-lər
noun

Synonyms

  • butt in
  • interfere
  • interlope
  • intrude
  • meddle
  • mess
  • muck (about or around)
  • nose
  • obtrude
  • poke
  • pry
  • snoop
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Example Sentences

she can no more refrain from intermeddling than she can from breathing
Recent Examples on the Web Foreign powers will intermeddle in our affairs, and spare no [expense] to influence them. Martin Finucane, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2019

Word History

Etymology

Middle English entermedlen, from Anglo-French entremeller, entremedler, from entre- inter- + medler to mix — more at meddle

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

intermeddles

verb

present tense third-person singular of intermeddle
as in interferes
to interest oneself in what is not one's concern she can no more refrain from intermeddling than she can from breathing

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • interferes
  • messes
  • butts in
  • snoops
  • interlopes
  • pokes
  • meddles
  • intervenes
  • mucks (about or around)
  • obtrudes
  • intrudes
  • noses
  • pries
  • encroaches
  • intercedes
  • fools
  • trespasses
  • invades
  • chisels (in)
  • monkeys
  • infringes
  • tampers
  • interposes
  • fiddles
  • plays
  • barges (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • avoids
  • ignores
  • overlooks
  • neglects
  • disregards
  • shuns
  • eschews
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