Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to meddle
Participle: meddled
Gerund: meddling
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | meddle |
| you | meddle |
| he;she;it | meddles |
| we | meddle |
| you | meddle |
| they | meddle |
Perfect
| I | have meddled |
| you | have meddled |
| he;she;it | has meddled |
| we | have meddled |
| you | have meddled |
| they | have meddled |
Past
| I | meddled |
| you | meddled |
| he;she;it | meddled |
| we | meddled |
| you | meddled |
| they | meddled |
Pluperfect
| I | had meddled |
| you | had meddled |
| he;she;it | had meddled |
| we | had meddled |
| you | had meddled |
| they | had meddled |
Future
| I | will meddle |
| you | will meddle |
| he;she;it | will meddle |
| we | will meddle |
| you | will meddle |
| they | will meddle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have meddled |
| you | will have meddled |
| he;she;it | will have meddled |
| we | will have meddled |
| you | will have meddled |
| they | will have meddled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | meddle |
| you | meddle |
| he;she;it | meddle |
| we | meddle |
| you | meddle |
| they | meddle |
Perfect
| I | have meddled |
| you | have meddled |
| he;she;it | have meddled |
| we | have meddled |
| you | have meddled |
| they | have meddled |
Imperfect
| I | meddled |
| you | meddled |
| he;she;it | meddled |
| we | meddled |
| you | meddled |
| they | meddled |
Pluperfect
| I | had meddled |
| you | had meddled |
| he;she;it | had meddled |
| we | had meddled |
| you | had meddled |
| they | had meddled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would meddle |
| you | would meddle |
| he;she;it | would meddle |
| we | would meddle |
| you | would meddle |
| they | would meddle |
Perfect
| I | would have meddled |
| you | would have meddled |
| he;she;it | would have meddled |
| we | would have meddled |
| you | would have meddled |
| they | would have meddled |
Imperative
| you | meddle |
| we | Let's meddle |
| you | meddle |
Verbs conjugated like 'meddle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'meddle'
feddle,
heddle,
maddle,
medle,
middle,
muddle,
peddle,
reddle,
addle,
bedole,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to engage in sexual intercourse
- bang, bauf, beat, boff, boink, bone, bonk, bop, bounce, breed, bump nasties, bump uglies, catch a dick, cohabit, company, copulate, couple, dance, discuss Uganda, do it, do the deed, do the nasty, eff, engender, exchange flesh, expletive deleted, feck, frack, frak, frig, fuck, get busy, get freaky, get it, get it on, get jiggy, get laid, get one's end away, get one's freak on, get one's groove on, get one's leg over, get one's oats, get physical, get some, go all the way, graft the forked tree, haul one's ashes, have it off, have marital relations, have sex, have sexual relations, hump, intercourse, jig-jig, make it, make love, make the beast with two backs, make whoopee, mate, ming, play, ride, rock and roll, roger, roll around, root, see someone's etchings, sex, shag, share a bed, shelve, show someone one's etchings, slap bellies, sleep together, stick, tumble, wango tango
- to have sex
- bop, hump, copulate, copulate with
- to mix
- mix
- to concoct from different parts
- admix, amalgamate, bemingle, blend, combine, commingle, intermingle, intermix, mang, ming, mingle, mix, mix up
- interfere
- intrude, pry, intervene, interlope, obtrude, encroach, infringe
- tamper
- molest, pry, trespass
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1290, "to mingle," from O.N.Fr.
medler (O.Fr.
mesler) "to mix, mingle, to meddle," from V.L.
*misculare, from L.
miscere "to mix" (see mix). Meaning "to concern oneself" (usually disparaging) is attested from 1415. From c.1340 to 1700, it also was a euphemism for "have sexual intercourse."
Meddlesome is attested from 1615.
2. From Middle English medlen, from Anglo-Norman medler, from Early Medieval Latin misculāre, derived from Latin misceō (“to mix”). See: Middle English '
medlen', Anglo-Norman '
mesler', Latin '
misceō'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] woman who never in her life said, “ I told you so ! ” and, on the present occasion, though pretty well aware of the shape her husband's meditations were taking, she very prudently forbore to meddle with them, only sat very quietly in her chair, and looked quite ready to hear her liege lord's intentions, when he should think proper to utter them.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] or three hours ahead of them, if they start at the time they planned. It isn't safe to start till dark, at any rate; for there are some evil persons in the villages ahead, that might be disposed to meddle with us, if they saw our wagon, and that would delay us more than the waiting; but in two hours I think we may venture. I will go over to Michael Cross, and engage him to come behind on his swift [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ You have ? What business have you meddling in my matters ? ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)