intermeddling

verb

present participle of intermeddle
as in interfering
to interest oneself in what is not one's concern she can no more refrain from intermeddling than she can from breathing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intermeddling
  1. interfering
  2. messing
  3. snooping
Verb
  • If this is the players insisting on this alignment, or ownership interfering in roster mechanics, this Oilers team is headed for disaster.
    — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The terms of the restraining order will bar Gupta and his gallery from interfering at all with Longcraft’s interest in the works.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of interfering
Verb
  • There was something a little therapeutic about messing it up.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 June 2026
  • No one can match her depth and passion to get vengeance on Krem of the Yellow Hills for messing with her family — a sentiment Cancers understand.
    — Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
Definition of messing
Verb
  • An alcoholic drink will give you a buzz, but if someone laced it with something dangerous, a new poison-snooping patch will buzz your skin to warn you.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Cady had injected some narcotic into a Georgia peach to knock Natalie out ahead of his confrontation with Crystal on the houseboat, but Ray snooping around on the Bowdens’s behalf led to this deadly improvisation.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 10 July 2026
Definition of snooping
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“Intermeddling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intermeddling. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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