It's a good thing Rachel Lynde got a calling down; she's a meddlesome old gossip.
Source: tatoeba (5825277)
Meddlesome
//ˈmɛdəlsəm//
Synonyms for "meddlesome" (27 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Adjective(2 words)
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Adjective(4 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Related words (13)
Adjective(3 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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Synonyms
1 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
44 translations across 19 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πολυπρᾱ́γμων adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
Arabic
1 entries- متطفل adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
Bulgarian
1 entries- натрапчив adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 好事 adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
- 愛管閒事 /爱管闲事 adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
Czech
3 entries- dotěrný adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
- všetečný adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
- šťouravý adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
Danish
1 entries- nævenyttig adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
Dutch
1 entries- bemoeizuchtig adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
Finnish
1 entries- tunkeileva adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
French
1 entries- importun adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
German
4 entries- aufdringlich adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
- lästig adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
- vorwitzig adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
- zudringlich adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
Japanese
1 entries- おせっかいな adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
Macedonian
2 entries- на́метлив adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
- на́траплив adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
Māori
2 entries- maikutu adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
- āmionga adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
Portuguese
2 entries- enxerido adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
- intrometido adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
Russian
1 entries- надоедливый adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
Spanish
4 entries- entremetido adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
- entrometido adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
- entrépito adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
- intrusete adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
Thai
4 entries- ขี้เสือก adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
- จุ้นจ้าน adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
- ชอบก้าวก่าย adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
- ชอบยุ่ง adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
Turkish
2 entries- işgüzar adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
- müdaheleci adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
Ukrainian
1 entries- нахабний adj (inclined to meddle or interfere)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
She's a meddlesome old gossip.
Source: tatoeba (5825278)
I don’t want to say a word against my own sister, but she was always meddlesome and hard to please.
Source: tatoeba (6957931)
If those meddlesome kids hadn't turned me in, I'd have gotten away with my nefarious scheme.
Source: tatoeba (12348303)
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