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meddlesome

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He also appeared to have the blessing of the perpetually meddlesome military.

From Time

Once you’ve figured out how Martian organic chemistry acts without meddlesome life, he says, “you can then look to see if it’s been tweaked.”

If Eshoo and McNerney want to hand the network a delicious issue to grow its audience, they’ll keep the meddlesome inquiries coming.

Molly Goldberg was a radio and TV character synonymous with a meddlesome sort of Jewish mother for generations of Americans.

Under Musharraf, the military was seen as meddlesome and oppressive force.

Annoyed, young Rush sends out a pouting "who will rid me of these meddlesome hippies?"

You know, before junk happened like civil rights and women's rights and all those meddlesome regulations got in the way.

But he was in that investigating, pugnacious, meddlesome mood which is apt to seize an old male bear in the autumn.

Idle or meddlesome talk never helps any one, either the one who talks or the one who is discussed.

I don't care how conscientiously a man attends to business, he can't always protect himself against meddlesome people.

"It's none of your meddlesome business, you little black scorpion," he said quietly.

So you were seen near Richmond station by some meddlesome individual—probably when you got out of the trap!

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On this page you'll find 45 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to meddlesome, such as: intrusive, meddling, nosy, pushy, busy, and busybody.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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