How do you use Meddlesome in a sentence? See 9 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like interfering or meddling, plus the exact meaning.
Meddlesome meaning
Characterized or marked by meddling; inclined or having a tendency to meddle or interfere in other people's business.
Synonyms of Meddlesome
Using Meddlesome
- The main meaning on this page is: Characterized or marked by meddling; inclined or having a tendency to meddle or interfere in other people's business.
- Useful related words include: interfering, meddling, officious, busy.
- In the example corpus, meddlesome often appears in combinations such as: the meddlesome.
Context around Meddlesome
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Meddlesome
- In this selection, "meddlesome" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, invasive, wizard, mouse and sisters stand out and add context to how "meddlesome" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include acted as meddlesome interloper and and and his meddlesome secretary of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "meddlesome" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with meddlesome
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But he may have trouble explaining his support for the meddlesome mouse on the campaign trail in Florida, and very likely elsewhere. (22 words)
Instead, Goldman advocated targeted resistance in the form of strikes, protests, and "direct action against the invasive, meddlesome authority of our moral code". (23 words)
My Strange Meeting with the Iranian PresidentCorruption Is the Iranian Regime’s Achilles’ HeelWhat Would the Middle East Look Like Without the Meddlesome Ayatollahs? (24 words)
As a persuasive measure to encourage the victim's cooperation, a meddlesome Wizard has taken Anzu's vices hostage; she must now live in this "new" world without video games, chocolate, or her beloved cat, Momohiki. (36 words)
The balloting, which began Thursday, pitted supporters of closer unity against those who consider the EU a meddlesome and bureaucratic presence and want to return power to national governments and sharply restrict immigration. (33 words)
For that and many other moral, intellectual, and personal reasons, your family’s decision not to have children is totally reasonable and not up for second-guessing by meddlesome sisters and moms. (32 words)
My Strange Meeting with the Iranian PresidentCorruption Is the Iranian Regime’s Achilles’ HeelWhat Would the Middle East Look Like Without the Meddlesome Ayatollahs? (24 words)
Example sentences (9)
As a persuasive measure to encourage the victim's cooperation, a meddlesome Wizard has taken Anzu's vices hostage; she must now live in this "new" world without video games, chocolate, or her beloved cat, Momohiki.
But he may have trouble explaining his support for the meddlesome mouse on the campaign trail in Florida, and very likely elsewhere.
For that and many other moral, intellectual, and personal reasons, your family’s decision not to have children is totally reasonable and not up for second-guessing by meddlesome sisters and moms.
Justice Adamu Jauro who read the Judgement, noted that the PDP acted as meddlesome Interloper and a busy body as it is an internal affair of the APC.
My Strange Meeting with the Iranian PresidentCorruption Is the Iranian Regime’s Achilles’ HeelWhat Would the Middle East Look Like Without the Meddlesome Ayatollahs?
The balloting, which began Thursday, pitted supporters of closer unity against those who consider the EU a meddlesome and bureaucratic presence and want to return power to national governments and sharply restrict immigration.
He’ll say that George W. Bush, and then Obama and his meddlesome secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, made a mess of things by sticking their noses where they didn’t belong.
Instead, Goldman advocated targeted resistance in the form of strikes, protests, and "direct action against the invasive, meddlesome authority of our moral code".
Michael de la Bedoyere, The Meddlesome Friar and the Wayward Pope, p. 20, Quote: "Next morning the absence of the Duke was noticed by his servants, and the Pontiff was informed.
Common combinations with meddlesome
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: