as in intruder
a person who meddles in the affairs of others
a meddler who stayed up all night watching the neighbors
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Recent Examples of meddler
Nelly herself is heavily reinterpreted by Fennell, imagined in this film as the illegitimate daughter of an aristocrat who serves as Cathy’s maid; the film also runs with modern readings of her character as a more proactive meddler in the doomed love between the main characters.
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Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2026
The factory owners called her a meddler and insisted that the cost of protecting workers would destroy American industry.
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Michelle A. Williams,
STAT,
2 Feb. 2026
But Lighton doesn’t treat them as sitcom-ish meddlers.
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Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2026
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2026
The factory owners called her a meddler and insisted that the cost of protecting workers would destroy American industry.
—
Michelle A. Williams,
STAT,
2 Feb. 2026
But Lighton doesn’t treat them as sitcom-ish meddlers.
—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meddler
Noun
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Today’s intruders rarely smash through the front entrance.
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An intruder stole piles of Michigan Lottery instant tickets on June 14 from Frank's Chicken Deli & Pizza in Sterling Heights, Michigan.
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Advertisement For an invertebrate, Marcellus is quite the busybody.
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Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman starred, with Ives and Madeleine Sherwood, as Brick’s busybody sister-in-law, reprising their stage roles.
Noun
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Celebrity gossiper Rob Shuter reported that the two recently let go of a number of their staff.
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Her staff figured out how to get rid of the gossiper.
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For now, a bipartisan housing bill and the renewal of a key spy program have become casualties of those standoffs, and their fate was in limbo as Senate Republicans left for the July 4 recess.
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Oscar-winning actor Gary Oldman, known to fans of AppleTV series Slow Horses as the shambolic, gassy spy Jackson Lamb, will be honored at this year Edinburgh Television Festival with the fest’s lifetime achievement honor, the Golden Icon Award.
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In fact, the NFLPA filed an amicus brief effectively against Clarett, portraying him as an interloper of sorts.
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Later, a gray squirrel expressed its displeasure at an interloper disrupting its peace.
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“Meddler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meddler. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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