meddleverb [ I ]
uk/ˈmed.əl/us/ˈmed.əl/disapprovingto try to change or have an influence on things that are not your responsibility, especially by criticizing in a damaging or annoying way:
My sister's always meddling in other people's affairs.
People shouldn't meddle with things they don't understand.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Getting involved for one's own benefit or against others' will
- a piece/slice of the action idiom
- act
- action
- bandwagon
- be in bed with idiom
- bed
- get
- get in on sth
- glom onto sth/sb
- have a finger in every pie idiom
- have a finger in the pie idiom
- horn
- horn in
- interfere
- interference
- intrude
- jump/climb/get on the bandwagon idiom
- snoot
- stick your snoot in/into (sth) idiom
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meddler
noun [ C ] uk/ˈmed.əl.ər/us/ˈmed.əl.ɚ/
meddling
noun [ U ] uk/ˈmed.əl.ɪŋ/us/ˈmed.əl.ɪŋ/