as in messed
to interest oneself in what is not one's concern
a strong resentment of outsiders who attempted to interfere with their traditional ways of doing things
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of interfered
With too many possible paths through memory, competing features and priorities interfered, which meant no retrieval strategy gained control — none were selected — so the search couldn’t begin.
—
Big Think, 23 Oct. 2025
But a thing called the Civil War interfered.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
Weiser, Polis and the state's top water official — state engineer Jason Ullman — denied Nebraska's claims that Colorado interfered in its attempts to build the canal and denied the allegations that Colorado is not meeting the requirements of the compact.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
Jax interfered in the match to ambush both Stratton and Cargill.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Another El Grande interfered, and El Grande Americano locked Dragon Lee in a submission for the win.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
But the coach allegedly interfered in that meeting too.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Chicago cornerback Nahshon Wright both grabbed Rice’s facemask and interfered.
—Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2025
The match ended in controversy when Roman Reigns interfered.
—Andrew Ravens, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
Big Think, 23 Oct. 2025
But a thing called the Civil War interfered.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
Weiser, Polis and the state's top water official — state engineer Jason Ullman — denied Nebraska's claims that Colorado interfered in its attempts to build the canal and denied the allegations that Colorado is not meeting the requirements of the compact.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
Jax interfered in the match to ambush both Stratton and Cargill.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Another El Grande interfered, and El Grande Americano locked Dragon Lee in a submission for the win.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
But the coach allegedly interfered in that meeting too.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Chicago cornerback Nahshon Wright both grabbed Rice’s facemask and interfered.
—Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2025
The match ended in controversy when Roman Reigns interfered.
—Andrew Ravens, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interfered
Verb
-
The internet already messed her up pretty good.—
Alex Apatoff,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
-
The internet already messed her up pretty good.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
-
Green, focused on his guitar and the crowd, kept singing as security quickly intervened.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025
-
As the number of complaints surged, the government intervened by issuing a public notice on social media platforms.—
Snigdha Poonam,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
-
Lovato poked fun at herself, dressing as a meme from 2014.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
-
Marcus poked out his bottom lip, but no whining this time.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Interfered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interfered. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share