Download the app
educalingo
Search
Trust free people and free enterprise as opposed to meddling, burdensome government.
George Allen

Meaning of "meddling" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF MEDDLING

meddling  [ˈmɛdəlɪŋ] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MEDDLING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Meddling is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MEDDLING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of meddling in the English dictionary

The definition of meddling in the dictionary is tending to meddle. Other definition of meddling is intrusive or meddlesome.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MEDDLING


back-pedalling
ˈbækˌpedəlɪŋ
cycling
ˈsaɪk əlɪŋ
dwindling
ˈdwɪndəlɪŋ
enabling
ɪnˈeɪbəlɪŋ
hurdling
ˈhɜːdəlɪŋ
modeling
ˈmɒdəlɪŋ
modelling
ˈmɒdəlɪŋ
muddling
ˈmʌdəlɪŋ
overpedalling
ˌəʊvəˈpedəlɪŋ
pedalling
ˈpiːdəlɪŋ
remodeling
ˌriːˈmɒdəlɪŋ
remodelling
ˌriːˈmɒdəlɪŋ
sanderling
ˈsændəlɪŋ
signaling
ˈsɪɡnəlɪŋ
soft-pedalling
ˌsɒftˈpedəlɪŋ
tenderling
ˈtendəlɪŋ
travelling
ˈtrævəlɪŋ
underling
ˈʌndəlɪŋ
waddling
ˈwɒdəlɪŋ
yodelling
ˈjəʊdəlɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MEDDLING

medallioned
medallions
medallist
Medan
Medawar
meddle
meddler
meddlesome
meddlesomely
meddlesomeness
meddlingly
Mede
Medea
Medellin
medevac
medevacked
medevacking
medflies
medfly
media

WORDS THAT END LIKE MEDDLING

baggage handling
bloodcurdling
calling
codling
cradling
dawdling
fair to middling
fiddling
handling
idling
influence peddling
kindling
middling
mishandling
noodling
piddling
puddling
sandling
seedling
special handling
wildling

Synonyms and antonyms of meddling in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MEDDLING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «meddling» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of meddling

Translation of «meddling» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF MEDDLING

Find out the translation of meddling to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of meddling from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «meddling» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

插手
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

intromisión
570 millions of speakers

English

meddling
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दखल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التدخل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вмешательство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

intromissão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনধিকারচর্চা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ingérence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Campur tangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Einmischung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

おせっかい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

의 간섭
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Meddling
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

can thiệp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குறுக்கீடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हस्तक्षेप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

karışma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ingerenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wtrącanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

втручання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

amestece
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανάμιξη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

inmenging
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

inblandning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

innblanding
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of meddling

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MEDDLING»

The term «meddling» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.032 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Quite widely used
77
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «meddling» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of meddling
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «meddling».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MEDDLING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «meddling» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «meddling» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about meddling

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «MEDDLING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word meddling.
1
George Allen
Trust free people and free enterprise as opposed to meddling, burdensome government.
2
John Sherman Cooper
I don't think anybody ever thought about the CIA meddling in internal affairs. The shock of the President's death called for an immediate investigation. It actually lay in the jurisdiction of Texas.
3
Jonathan Evison
I'm not in the business of meddling with people's destinies - and yes, my characters are real people to me. They have histories and thoughts and yearnings and hurts and misgivings and pleasures that don't belong to me.
4
Thomas Frank
The great fear that hung over the business community in the 1970s was death by regulation, and the great goal of the conservative movement, as it rose to triumph in the 1980s, was to remove that threat - to keep OSHA, the EPA, and the FTC from choking off entrepreneurship with their infernal meddling in the marketplace.
5
Annie Gottlieb
I think human self-hatred may be the great untold story of the millennium. It's the common thread linking deep ecology and animal rights, the love and money we lavish on pets, the uneasy longing for extraterrestrials to be meddling with us.
6
Tommy Hilfiger
I disapprove of lots of decisions made by George Bush: the war, the meddling in the affairs of other countries, the conversations with dictators; it was a dark time.
7
Henry Cabot Lodge
We would not have our country's vigour exhausted or her moral force abated, by everlasting meddling and muddling in every quarrel, great and small, which afflicts the world.
8
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink and wear.
9
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
We're not going to meddle in the internal life of other peoples and other governments, because we don't want them meddling in ours.
10
Theodore Roosevelt
The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MEDDLING»

Discover the use of meddling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to meddling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Meddling with a Millionaire
The heat of his touch had her nearly betraying herself at every turn. Resisting Nathan and regaining her money were the name of the game—but meddling with this millionaire might land her right back in his arms!
Cat Schield, 2011
2
Meddling with Mythology: AIDS and the Social Construction of ...
What are the responsibilities of the researcher to the researched and to the public? This book examines the role of research in the construction and dissemination of the mythology or folklore surrounding AIDS/HIV.
Rosaline S. Barbour, Guro Huby, 2005
3
Meddling in Murder
The small community of New Liberty in rural Maine is horrified when a young girl is brutally raped and murdered.
Carol Howell, 2003
4
Meddling with ghosts: stories in the tradition of M.R. James
This is a collection of ghost stories in the 'antiquarian' tradition established by M. R. James, who excelled at the atmospheric portrayal of legitimate scholarly interest descending into unwise curiosity, with almost invariably tragic ...
Ramsey Campbell, 2001
5
Russia's Transition: International Help Or Meddling?
This book discusses and dissects the strategies of international institutions and donors to assist it in its economic and political transition to a market economy.
Alexander Kura, 2001
6
Meddling Mooli and the Bully on Wheels
Murali Krishnan aka Mooli: a boy whose meddling ways get him into trouble all the time.
Asha Nehamiah, 2012
7
His Heir, Her Honour / Meddling With A Millionaire (Mills & ...
His Heir, Her Honour Royal and a doctor, Carlos Medina knew he couldn’t have children.
Catherine Mann, Cat Schield, 2012
8
Life Is a Movie Starring You: The Pesky Meddling Girls Guide ...
An advice-filled handbook for young women shares fun-filled, expert tips on fashion, beauty and fitness, romance, and modern life and includes lists of the best movies, books, CDs, cool women, beauty tips, and more. Original.
Jennifur Brandt, 2000
9
Meddling Mooli and the BlueLegged Alien
Murali Krishnan aka Mooli: a boy whose meddling ways get him into trouble all the time.
Asha Nehemiah, 2012
10
Meddling in Middle Europe: Britain and the 'Lands Between, ...
"This work is the first study of British policy towards Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Poland following the creation of nation states in Central Europe at the end of the First World War.
Miklós Lojkó, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MEDDLING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term meddling is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Govt meddling the biggest problem for business in SA: report
High levels of government intervention, high tax rates, complicated investment opportunities and a high level of trade union involvement have ... «BusinessTech, Jul 15»
2
These Meddling Cats and Dogs Do NOT Care That You're Doing Yoga
​Your pets love being around you. Whether you're making food, going outdoors or just sitting on the couch, you can usually guarantee your cat ... «Womans Day, Jul 15»
3
Government Meddling in Your Dishwasher
dishwasher The Obama Administration revealed one more of a string of regulations that have a practical impact of making the problem they ... «American Clarion, Jul 15»
4
Oklahoma town's police force quits over 'good ol' boy' political …
The entire police force quit in a northeast Oklahoma town over the meddling by elected officials in the drunken driving arrest of a local ... «Raw Story, Jul 15»
5
Raymond Tanter: Tackle Iran regime's meddling in the Middle East
Many U.S. legislators and analysts are asking whether a nuclear deal can be divorced from the Iranian regime's suppression of human rights of ... «NCR-Iran.org, Jul 15»
6
Minority Report Preview: Meddling With the Future
The new Fox series Minority Report serves as a continuation to the film of the same name starring Tom Cruise. Set ten years after the events of ... «ScreenFad, Jul 15»
7
Gabonese youth accuses Samuel Eto'o of meddling in Gabon's …
The Movement for the Complete Liberation of Gabon aka Jeunes Souverainistes Gabonais have openly accused Cameroon football legend ... «cameroon concord, Jul 15»
8
David Ignatius, 'After the nuclear deal, how to contain Iran's …
"Meddling in the region"? In fact, we are talking about Iranian efforts to achieve hegemony throughout the Middle East, yet another item, ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
9
Chief Keef Postpones Hologram Concert, Organizer Blames …
"The meddling, attention seeking Father Pfleger, who bullied the owner of the downtown theater to back out of his contract, will not succeed," ... «Pitchfork Media, Jul 15»
10
Beach's meddling hurts mall and two cities
Virginian-Pilot editorials represent the consensus of the editorial board, which is independent of the newsroom. Board members are Pat ... «The Virginian-Pilot, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Meddling [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/meddling>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z