Definition

To interfere in someone else's business or affairs without being invited or needed.

Example

She tends to intermeddle in her friends' relationships, giving unsolicited advice.

Tense Forms

Conversation

I noticed that he likes to intermeddle in everyone else's business.

Yeah, it can be really annoying sometimes.

Exactly! He should just focus on his own life instead.

Totally! It's not his place to get involved.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Root Explanation

Intermeddle → It is formed from "inter-" (meaning between) and "meddle" (from Old French *medler*, meaning to mix or interfere). The word describes the act of interfering or mixing in between matters that do not concern one.

Memory Tip

Think of someone 'mixing' ('meddle') in 'between' ('inter-') situations that are not theirs — that's why intermeddle means to interfere.

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