intermeddle

C2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˌɪntɚˈmɛdəl/ UK /ˌɪntəˈmɛdəl/ See IPA manual

Freq #520503

Meanings

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verb
formal or dated: to interfere officiously in matters that are not one's concern

The ministry promised not to intermeddle in the company's day-to-day management.

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · formal or dated: to... meddle interfere intrude obtrude

More butt in

Opposites

refrain abstainkeep out

Word family

Forms intermeddledintermeddlesintermeddling

Derived forms intermeddlerintermeddlementintermeddling

Related forms meddle interfere intervene

Etymology

From Middle English entremedlen, borrowed from Anglo-French entremedler, literally 'to mix among', from entre- ('between, among') + medler ('to mix; meddle'). The modern sense narrowed to unwelcome interference.

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