MEDDLE


Meaning of MEDDLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ med(ə)l ]

( meddles, meddling, meddled)

If you say that someone meddles in something, you are criticizing the fact that they try to influence or change it without being asked.

Already some people are asking whether scientists have any right to meddle in such matters...

If only you hadn’t felt compelled to meddle.

...the inept and meddling bureaucrats.

= interfere

VERB : V in/with n , V , V-ing [ disapproval ]

• med‧dler

(meddlers)

They view activists as little more than meddlers.

N-COUNT

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