Exact Match:
- meddling
- the act of altering something secretly or improperly
Synonyms:
- busy,
- busybody,
- butting-in,
- forward,
- forwardness,
- impertinence,
- impertinent,
- inquisitive,
- inquisitiveness,
- intermeddling,
- intrusiveness,
- meddlesome,
- meddlesomeness,
- nosy,
- obtrusiveness,
- officious,
- officiousness,
- presumption,
- presumptuous,
- presumptuousness,
- prying,
- pushing,
- pushy,
- self-appointed,
- snoopy
Related Words:
- self-appointed
collapse - designated or chosen by yourself; "a self-appointed guardian of public morals" related words >
- busy,
- busybody,
- curious,
- delving,
- digging,
- fishing,
- forward,
- impertinent,
- in search of,
- inquisitive,
- inquisitorial,
- loaded for bear,
- looking for,
- meddlesome,
- meddling,
- nosy,
- obtrusive,
- officious,
- out for,
- out for bear,
- poking,
- presumptuous,
- probing,
- pushing,
- pushy,
- searching,
- self-appointed,
- snooping,
- snoopy
- nosy
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- offensively curious or inquisitive; "curious about the neighbor's doings"; "he flipped through my letters in his nosy way"; "prying eyes"; "the snoopy neighbor watched us all day" related words >
- busy,
- busybody,
- curious,
- delving,
- digging,
- eavesdropping,
- fishing,
- forward,
- impertinent,
- in search of,
- inquisitive,
- inquisitorial,
- loaded for bear,
- looking for,
- meddlesome,
- meddling,
- officious,
- out for,
- out for bear,
- poking,
- presumptuous,
- probing,
- prying,
- pushing,
- pushy,
- searching,
- self-appointed,
- snooping,
- snoopy,
- spying
- adventuresome,
- adventurous,
- aggressive,
- ambitious,
- assertive,
- brash,
- busy,
- busybody,
- driving,
- dynamic,
- enterprising,
- forceful,
- forward,
- go-ahead,
- hustling,
- impertinent,
- inquisitive,
- meddlesome,
- meddling,
- militant,
- motive,
- nosy,
- officious,
- overweening,
- presuming,
- presumptuous,
- propellant,
- propelling,
- propulsive,
- propulsory,
- prying,
- pulsive,
- pushful,
- pushy,
- self-appointed,
- self-asserting,
- self-assertive,
- shoving,
- snoopy,
- up-and-coming,
- uppish,
- uppity,
- venturesome,
- venturous
- inquisitive
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- showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow"
- inquiring or appearing to inquire; "an inquiring look"; "the police are proverbially inquisitive" related words >
- agape,
- agog,
- all agog,
- analytical,
- burning with curiosity,
- busy,
- busybody,
- consumed with curiosity,
- curious,
- exploring,
- forward,
- ghoulish,
- gossipy,
- impertinent,
- inquiring,
- inquisitorial,
- interested,
- intrusive,
- investigative,
- itchy,
- meddlesome,
- meddling,
- morbid,
- morbidly curious,
- nosy,
- officious,
- open-eyed,
- openmouthed,
- overcurious,
- presumptuous,
- probing,
- prurient,
- prying,
- pushing,
- pushy,
- questioning,
- quizzical,
- scopophiliac,
- searching,
- self-appointed,
- snooping,
- snoopy,
- supercurious,
- voyeuristic
- adventuresome,
- adventurous,
- aggressive,
- ambitious,
- arrogant,
- assertive,
- audacious,
- bold,
- brash,
- brassy,
- brazen,
- bumptious,
- busy,
- busybody,
- cheeky,
- cocky,
- cold,
- controlled,
- contumelious,
- cool,
- disdainful,
- driving,
- dynamic,
- enterprising,
- familiar,
- firm-minded,
- forceful,
- forward,
- go-ahead,
- hubristic,
- hustling,
- impertinent,
- importunate,
- independent,
- inquisitive,
- insolent,
- insulting,
- loud,
- meddlesome,
- meddling,
- militant,
- nosy,
- obnoxious,
- obtrusive,
- offensive,
- officious,
- overpresumptuous,
- overweening,
- presuming,
- presumptuous,
- procacious,
- prying,
- pushful,
- pushing,
- self-appointed,
- self-asserting,
- self-assertive,
- self-controlled,
- self-expressive,
- self-possessed,
- self-restrained,
- showy,
- snoopy,
- strong-minded,
- strong-willed,
- up-and-coming,
- uppish,
- uppity,
- venturesome,
- venturous
- impertinence
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- inappropriate playfulness related words >
- arrogance,
- audacity,
- bold front,
- boldness,
- brash bearing,
- brashness,
- brass,
- brassiness,
- bravado,
- brazenfacedness,
- brazenness,
- bumptiousness,
- butting-in,
- cheek,
- cheekiness,
- chutzpah,
- cockiness,
- contempt,
- contemptuousness,
- daring,
- daringness,
- defial,
- defiance,
- defying,
- derision,
- despite,
- disassociation,
- disconnection,
- discourtesy,
- discreteness,
- disdain,
- disjunction,
- disjuncture,
- disregard,
- disrespect,
- disrespectfulness,
- dissociation,
- effrontery,
- face of brass,
- flippancy,
- forwardness,
- freshness,
- gall,
- hardihood,
- immateriality,
- impoliteness,
- impudence,
- inapplicability,
- inappositeness,
- incivility,
- inconnection,
- inconsequence,
- independence,
- inquisitiveness,
- insolence,
- intermeddling,
- intrusiveness,
- irrelation,
- irrelevance,
- meddlesomeness,
- meddling,
- nerve,
- obtrusiveness,
- officiousness,
- pertness,
- presumption,
- presumptuousness,
- ridicule,
- rudeness,
- sauciness,
- separateness,
- unconnectedness,
- unrelatedness
- acceptable,
- adventurous,
- arrogant,
- assuming,
- audacious,
- bold,
- brash,
- brazen,
- bumptious,
- busy,
- busybody,
- cheeky,
- cold,
- complacent,
- confident,
- contumelious,
- cool,
- daredevil,
- daring,
- death-defying,
- disdainful,
- egotistical,
- familiar,
- fire-eating,
- foolhardy,
- forward,
- gay,
- harebrained,
- hubristic,
- immodest,
- impertinent,
- impudent,
- inexcusable,
- inquisitive,
- insolent,
- insulting,
- licentious,
- lofty,
- madbrain,
- madbrained,
- madcap,
- meddlesome,
- meddling,
- nosy,
- obtrusive,
- officious,
- outrageous,
- overconfident,
- overpresumptuous,
- overweening,
- pompous,
- presuming,
- pretentious,
- prideful,
- procacious,
- proud,
- prying,
- pushful,
- pushing,
- pushy,
- saucy,
- self-appointed,
- self-asserting,
- self-assertive,
- self-assured,
- self-conceited,
- self-elect,
- self-satisfied,
- smug,
- snoopy,
- supercilious,
- temerarious,
- uppish,
- uppity,
- wild,
- wild-ass,
- would-be
- impertinent
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- characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner" related words >
- adrift,
- arrogant,
- audacious,
- beside the mark,
- beside the point,
- beside the question,
- biggety,
- bluff,
- bold,
- brash,
- brassy,
- brazen,
- bumptious,
- busy,
- busybody,
- challenging,
- cheeky,
- chutzpadik,
- cocky,
- contemptuous,
- crusty,
- daring,
- defiant,
- defying,
- derisive,
- discourteous,
- disdainful,
- disregardful,
- disrespectful,
- extraneous,
- extrinsic,
- facy,
- flip,
- flippant,
- foreign,
- forward,
- fresh,
- gally,
- gratuitous,
- greatly daring,
- immaterial,
- impolite,
- impudent,
- inadmissible,
- inapplicable,
- inapposite,
- inappropriate,
- incidental,
- inconsequent,
- inquisitive,
- insolent,
- interfering,
- intrusive,
- irrelative,
- irrelevant,
- malapert,
- meddlesome,
- meddling,
- nervy,
- nihil ad rem,
- nonessential,
- nosy,
- not at issue,
- obtrusive,
- off the subject,
- offensive,
- officious,
- out-of-the-way,
- parenthetical,
- pert,
- presumptuous,
- prying,
- pushing,
- pushy,
- regardless of consequences,
- rude,
- sassy,
- saucy,
- self-appointed,
- smart,
- smart-alecky,
- smart-ass,
- snoopy,
- uncalled-for,
- uncivil,
- unessential,
- wise-ass
- obtrusive
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- sticking out; protruding
- undesirably noticeable; "the obtrusive behavior of a spoiled child"; "equally obtrusive was the graffiti" related words >
- aggressively self-confident,
- arrant,
- arrogant,
- audacious,
- biggety,
- blatant,
- bold,
- brazen,
- brazenfaced,
- bumptious,
- busy,
- chesty,
- cocky,
- cold,
- colorful,
- conceited,
- conspicuous,
- contumelious,
- cool,
- crude,
- disdainful,
- extravagant,
- familiar,
- flagrant,
- flaring,
- flaunting,
- forceful,
- forward,
- garish,
- gaudy,
- glaring,
- gorgeous,
- hanging out,
- hubristic,
- immodest,
- importunate,
- in relief,
- in the foreground,
- insolent,
- insulting,
- interfering,
- interruptive,
- intervenient,
- intrusive,
- invasive,
- know-it-all,
- loud,
- lurid,
- meddlesome,
- meddling,
- meretricious,
- notable,
- noticeable,
- notorious,
- officious,
- ostensible,
- outstanding,
- overpresumptuous,
- overweening,
- overwise,
- peacockish,
- peacocky,
- perk,
- perky,
- pert,
- presuming,
- presumptuous,
- procacious,
- prominent,
- pronounced,
- puffed up,
- pushy,
- salient,
- screaming,
- self-conceited,
- self-opinionated,
- sensational,
- shameless,
- smart-alecky,
- spectacular,
- staring,
- stark-staring,
- sticking out,
- striking,
- stuck-up,
- swelled-headed,
- tawdry,
- uppish,
- uppity,
- vulgar
- intrusive
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- tending to intrude (especially upon privacy); "she felt her presence there was intrusive"
- thrusting inward; "an intrusive arm of the sea"
- of rock material; forced while molten into cracks between layers of other rock related words >
- alien,
- barbarian,
- barbaric,
- barbarous,
- busy,
- entering,
- exotic,
- exterior,
- external,
- extraneous,
- extraterrestrial,
- extrinsic,
- foreign,
- foreign-born,
- forward,
- frantic,
- frenetic,
- frenzied,
- hectic,
- hyperactive,
- hyperkinetic,
- ill-considered,
- ill-seasoned,
- ill-timed,
- importunate,
- improper,
- in,
- inappropriate,
- inauspicious,
- inbound,
- incoming,
- inconvenient,
- inexpedient,
- infelicitous,
- inflooding,
- inflowing,
- ingoing,
- ingressive,
- inopportune,
- inpouring,
- inquisitive,
- intempestive,
- interfering,
- interruptive,
- intervenient,
- intruding,
- invasive,
- inward,
- inward-bound,
- irrelevant,
- irruptive,
- late,
- mal a propos,
- malapropos,
- meddlesome,
- meddling,
- mistimed,
- nosy,
- obtrusive,
- off base,
- officious,
- out of line,
- out of phase,
- out of time,
- outland,
- outlandish,
- outside,
- premature,
- presumptuous,
- prying,
- pushy,
- snoopy,
- strange,
- too late,
- too soon,
- ulterior,
- unbefitting,
- uncalled-for,
- unearthly,
- unfavorable,
- unfit,
- unfitting,
- unfortunate,
- unhandy,
- unhappy,
- unlucky,
- unpropitious,
- unready,
- unripe,
- unseasonable,
- unsought,
- unsuitable,
- untimely,
- untoward,
- unwanted,
- unwelcome,
- wrong
- busy
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- crowded with or characterized by much activity; "a very busy week"; "a busy life"; "a busy street"; "a busy seaport"
- actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch"; "the line is busy"
- (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line); "her line is busy"; "receptionists' telephones are always engaged"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy signal"
- overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design"
- keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection" related words >
- absorb,
- active,
- arabesque,
- assiduous,
- at it,
- at work,
- attend to business,
- baroque,
- burden,
- bustling,
- busybody,
- chichi,
- complex,
- complicated,
- detailed,
- devote,
- diligent,
- divert,
- drive,
- elaborate,
- elegant,
- employ,
- employed,
- energetic,
- engage,
- engaged,
- engross,
- fag,
- fancy,
- fine,
- flamboyant,
- florid,
- flowery,
- forward,
- frilly,
- full of business,
- fussy,
- hard at it,
- hard at work,
- hectic,
- high-wrought,
- hustling,
- immerse,
- impertinent,
- in harness,
- industrious,
- inquisitive,
- intricate,
- involve,
- involved,
- keep busy,
- labored,
- lively,
- luxuriant,
- luxurious,
- meddlesome,
- meddling,
- mind the store,
- moresque,
- nosy,
- occupied,
- occupy,
- officious,
- on duty,
- on the go,
- on the hop,
- on the job,
- on the jump,
- on the move,
- on the run,
- oppress,
- ornate,
- ostentatious,
- overdrive,
- overelaborate,
- overelegant,
- overlabored,
- overtask,
- overtax,
- overwork,
- overworked,
- overwrought,
- pass the time,
- picturesque,
- presumptuous,
- pretty-pretty,
- prying,
- pushing,
- pushy,
- rich,
- rococo,
- self-appointed,
- snoopy,
- soak,
- spend,
- spend the time,
- sweat,
- task,
- tax,
- tied up,
- work,
- working
- curious
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- eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns); "a curious child is a teacher's delight"; "a trap door that made me curious"; "curious investigators"; "traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers"; "curious about the neighbor's doings"
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior"
- having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more; "a trap door that made me curious" related words >
- aberrant,
- abnormal,
- absurd,
- agape,
- agog,
- all agog,
- analytical,
- attentive,
- attracted,
- barmy,
- bizarre,
- burning with curiosity,
- careful,
- catechistic,
- cathectic,
- cautious,
- circumspect,
- concerned,
- considerate,
- consumed with curiosity,
- deviant,
- deviate,
- eccentric,
- enthusiastic,
- erratic,
- examining,
- excited,
- exotic,
- extraordinary,
- fascinated,
- freaked out,
- freakish,
- freaky,
- funny,
- ghoulish,
- gossipy,
- grotesque,
- heedful,
- impertinent,
- inquiring,
- inquisitional,
- inquisitive,
- inquisitorial,
- interested,
- interfering,
- intermeddling,
- interrogational,
- interrogative,
- interrogatory,
- intrusive,
- investigative,
- irregular,
- itchy,
- keen on,
- kinky,
- kooky,
- loving,
- meddlesome,
- meddling,
- mindful,
- morbid,
- morbidly curious,
- nosy,
- nuts,
- nutty,
- odd,
- oddball,
- off,
- off the wall,
- offbeat,
- open-eyed,
- openmouthed,
- out,
- outlandish,
- outrageous,
- outre,
- overcurious,
- passing strange,
- passionate,
- peculiar,
- piqued,
- pixilated,
- prurient,
- prying,
- quaint,
- queer,
- querying,
- questioning,
- quizzical,
- quizzing,
- regardful,
- scopophiliac,
- scrutinizing,
- searching,
- singular,
- snooping,
- snoopy,
- solicitous,
- strange,
- supercurious,
- tantalized,
- tender,
- thoughtful,
- tickled,
- titillated,
- turned-on,
- unconventional,
- unearthly,
- unusual,
- voyeuristic,
- weird,
- wondrous strange
- interference
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- (American football) blocking a player's path with your body; "he ran interference for the quarterback" related words >
- amplitude,
- antagonism,
- antinode,
- antipathy,
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- arrestment,
- atmospherics,
- backlash,
- blaring,
- blasting,
- blind spot,
- block,
- blockage,
- blocking,
- check,
- clashing,
- clogging,
- closing up,
- closure,
- collision,
- conflict,
- confutation,
- constriction,
- contradiction,
- contraposition,
- contrariety,
- counteraction,
- counterposition,
- counterworking,
- cramp,
- crankiness,
- crawling,
- creeping,
- crest,
- crotchetiness,
- de Broglie wave,
- delay,
- detainment,
- detention,
- difficulty,
- diffraction,
- dissent,
- drift,
- electromagnetic radiation,
- electromagnetic wave,
- encroachment,
- encumbrance,
- entrance,
- entrenchment,
- fade-out,
- fading,
- fixation,
- foot-dragging,
- frequency,
- frequency band,
- frequency spectrum,
- friction,
- frustration,
- guided wave,
- hampering,
- handicap,
- hindering,
- hindrance,
- hitch,
- holdback,
- holdup,
- impedance,
- impediment,
- impingement,
- imposition,
- in phase,
- incursion,
- infiltration,
- influx,
- infringement,
- inhibition,
- injection,
- inroad,
- insinuation,
- interceding,
- intercession,
- interjection,
- interloping,
- interposition,
- interposure,
- interruption,
- intervention,
- intruding,
- intrusion,
- invasion,
- irruption,
- kick,
- let,
- light,
- longitudinal wave,
- mechanical wave,
- meddling,
- negativism,
- node,
- noise,
- nonconformity,
- nuisance value,
- obstruction,
- obstructionism,
- obtrusion,
- occlusion,
- opposition,
- opposure,
- oppugnance,
- oppugnancy,
- out of phase,
- period,
- periodic wave,
- perverseness,
- radio wave,
- ray,
- reaction,
- recalcitrance,
- reception,
- recoil,
- reinforcement,
- renitency,
- repercussion,
- repression,
- repugnance,
- resistance,
- resonance,
- resonance frequency,
- restraint,
- restriction,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- revolt,
- seismic wave,
- setback,
- shock wave,
- snag,
- sound wave,
- squeeze,
- static,
- stranglehold,
- stricture,
- suppression,
- surface wave,
- swimming upstream,
- tidal wave,
- transverse wave,
- trespass,
- trespassing,
- trough,
- unlawful entry,
- wave,
- wave equation,
- wave motion,
- wave number,
- wavelength
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