English-Thai Dictionary

meddle

VI ก้าวก่าย  เข้าไป ยุ่ง  สอดแทรก  จุ้นจ้าน  interfere intervene poke keep out kao-kai

 

meddle in

PHRV สอด  ยุ่ง กับ  เสือก ใน เรื่อง  sod

 

meddle with

PHRV มี ความสัมพันธ์ ไม่เหมาะสม กับ (เพศตรงข้าม  ยุ่งเกี่ยว กับ  mess about with me-kwam-sam-pan-mai-mor-som-kab

 

meddle with

PHRV ยุ่ง วุ่นวาย กับ  สอดแทรก หรือ ทำให้ เสียหาย  be at get at interfere with yung-wun-wai-kab

 

meddler

N คน ชอบ ก้าวก่าย  คน จุ้นจ้าน  interferer troublemaker kon-chob-kao-kai

 

meddlesome

ADJ ซึ่ง ชอบ ก้าวก่าย  จุ้นจ้าน  ซึ่ง ชอบ ยุ่ง เรื่อง คนอื่น  intrusive invasive unmeddle some sueng-chob-kao-kai

 

meddlesomeness

N การ ชอบ ก้าวก่าย  ความ จุ้นจ้าน  curiosity kan-chob-kao-kai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MEDDLE

v.i. 1. To have to do; to take part; to interpose and act in the concerns of others, or in affairs in which one's interposition is not necessary; often with the sense of intrusion or officiousness.
I have thus far been an upright judge, not meddling with the design nor disposition.
What hast thou to do to meddle with the affairs of my family?
Why should'st thou meddle to thy hurt? 2 Kings 14:1 .
2. To have to do; to touch; to handle. Meddle not with edge-tools, is an admonition to children. When the object is specified, meddle is properly followed by with or in; usually by the former.
The civil lawyers--have meddled in a matter that belongs not to them.

 

MEDDLE

v.t.To mix, to mingle. He meddled his talk with many a tear.

 

MEDDLER

n.One that meddles; one that interferes or busies himself with things in which he has no concern; an officious person; a busy body.

 

MEDDLESOME

a.Given to meddling; apt to interpose in the affairs of others; officiously intrusive.

 

MEDDLESOMENESS

n.Officious interposition in the affairs of others.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MEDDLE

Med "dle `, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Meddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Meddling. ]Etym: [OE. medlen to mix, OF. medler, mesler, F. mêler, LL. misculare, a dim. fr. L. miscere to mix. Mix, and cf. Medley, Mellay. ]

 

1. To mix; to mingle. [Obs. ] More to know Did never meddle with my thoughts. Shak.

 

2. To interest or engage one's self; to have to do; -- [Obs. ] Barrow. Study to be quiet, and to meddle with your own business. Tyndale.

 

3. To interest or engage one's self unnecessarily or impertinently, to interfere or busy one's self improperly with another's affairs; specifically, to handle or distrub another's property without permission; -- often followed by with or in. Why shouldst thou meddle to thy hurt 2 Kings xiv. 1 . The civil lawyers... have meddled in a matter that belongs not to them. Locke. To meddle and make, to intrude one's self into another person's concerns. [Archaic ] Shak.

 

Syn. -- To interpose; interfere; intermeddle.

 

MEDDLE

MEDDLE Med "dle, v. t.

 

Defn: To mix; to mingle. [Obs. ] Chaucer. "Wine meddled with gall. " Wyclif (Matt. xxvii. 34 ).

 

MEDDLER

MEDDLER Med "dler, n.

 

Defn: One who meddles; one who interferes or busies himself with things in which he has no concern; an officious person; a busybody.

 

MEDDLESOME

MEDDLESOME Med "dle *some, a.

 

Defn: Given to meddling; apt to interpose in the affairs of others; officiously intrusive. -- Med "dle *some *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

meddle

med dle |ˈmedl ˈmɛdl | ▶verb [ no obj. ] interfere in or busy oneself unduly with something that is not one's concern: I don't want him meddling in our affairs | (as noun meddling ) : bureaucratic meddling. • (meddle with ) touch or handle (something ) without permission: you have no right to come in here and meddle with my things. DERIVATIVES med dler |ˈmedlər, ˈmedl-ər |noun ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘mingle, mix ’): from Old French medler, variant of mesler, based on Latin miscere ‘to mix. ’

 

meddlesome

med dle some |ˈmedlsəm ˈmɛdlsəm | ▶adjective fond of meddling; interfering: a gaggle of meddlesome politicians. DERIVATIVES med dle some ly adverb, med dle some ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

meddle

med ¦dle |ˈmɛd (ə )l | ▶verb [ no obj. ] interfere in something that is not one's concern: I don't want him meddling in our affairs | (as noun meddling ) : bureaucratic meddling. • (meddle with ) touch or handle (something ) without permission: you have no right to come in here meddling with my things. DERIVATIVES meddler noun ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘mingle, mix ’): from Old French medler, variant of mesler, based on Latin miscere ‘to mix ’.

 

meddlesome

meddle |some |ˈmɛd (ə )ls (ə )m | ▶adjective fond of meddling; interfering: heaven rid him of meddlesome politicians! DERIVATIVES meddlesomely adverb, meddlesomeness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

meddle

meddle verb 1 don't meddle in my affairs: interfere in /with, butt in /into, intrude on /into, intervene in, pry into; informal poke one's nose in, horn in on, muscle in on, snoop into, stick one's oar in, kibitz in. 2 someone had been meddling with her things: fiddle, interfere, tamper, tinker, fool around.

 

meddlesome

meddlesome adjective my meddlesome neighbor is peering out the window at us: interfering, meddling, intrusive, prying, busybody; informal nosy.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

meddle

meddle verb 1 I don't want him meddling in our affairs: interfere, butt in, intrude, intervene, interlope, pry, poke, nose, busybody, interpose, obtrude, thrust; informal stick one's nose in, horn in, muscle in, snoop, put /stick one's oar in, mess with; N. Amer. informal kibitz; archaic intermeddle. ANTONYMS mind one's own business. 2 you have no right to come in here meddling with my things: fiddle, interfere, tamper, tinker, monkey; touch /handle without permission, finger; informal dick around; Brit. informal muck about /around. ANTONYMS leave alone.

 

meddlesome

meddlesome adjective a growing demand for more efficient and less meddlesome government: interfering, meddling, intrusive, prying, inquisitive, officious, importunate; informal snooping, nosy; archaic pragmatic, intermeddling; rare obtrusive, busy.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

meddle

med dle /méd (ə )l / (! medalと同音 ) 動詞 ～s /-z /; ～d /-d /; -dling 自動詞 ｟けなして ｠1 【他人のことなどに 】干渉する, (余計な )おせっかいを焼く (interfere ) «in , with » ▸ meddle in the internal affairs of another country ほかの国の内政に干渉する .2 ｟英 ｠【(他人の )物を 】勝手に [不注意に ]いじる , もてあそぶ «with » ▸ Don't meddle with my new computerized dictionary .私の新しい電子辞書にさわるな .

 

meddler

m é d dler 名詞 C おせっかいな人, 余計な世話を焼く人 .

 

meddlesome

med dle some /méd (ə )ls (ə )m /形容詞 ｟けなして ｠おせっかいな, 干渉したがる (interfering ).