All 8 Uses of
meddle
in
Wuthering Heights
- 'They won't meddle with persons who touch nothing,' he remarked, putting the bottle before me, and restoring the displaced table.†
p. 4.8meddle = interfere (in another's affairs or business); or handle (something that shouldn't be handled)
- The less you meddle with him the better.'†
p. 24.2
- I got the dishcloth, and rather spitefully scrubbed Edgar's nose and mouth, affirming it served him right for meddling.†
p. 41.3 *meddling = interfering (in another's affairs or business); or handling (something that shouldn't be handled)
- 'You shall not meddle with him!'†
p. 53.8meddle = interfere (in another's affairs or business); or handle (something that shouldn't be handled)
- "I shall not meddle in the matter," I retorted again.†
p. 128.4
- She sometimes came into the kitchen all wildered like, and looked as if she would fain beg assistance; but I was not going to disobey the master: I never dare disobey him, Mrs. Dean; and, though I thought it wrong that Kenneth should not be sent for, it was no concern of mine either to advise or complain, and I always refused to meddle.†
p. 212.7
- The lands, being a minor, he could not meddle with.†
p. 213.9
- Joseph shuffled up and made a noise, but resolutely refused to meddle with him.†
p. 244.0
Definition:
interfere (in another's affairs or business)
or:
get involved with something where involvement isn't warranted
or:
get involved with something where involvement isn't warranted