interfering

Meaning of interfering

adjective
  1. (of a person) tending to interfere in other people's affairs.
    interfering busybodies
verb, gerund or present participle
  1. intervene in a situation without invitation or necessity.
    you promised not to interfere
    she tried not to interfere in her children's lives
  2. prevent (a process or activity) from continuing or being carried out properly.
    a holiday job would interfere with his studies
  3. handle or adjust (something) without permission, especially so as to cause damage.
    he admitted interfering with a van
  4. (of light or other electromagnetic waveforms) interact to produce interference.
    light pulses interfere constructively in a fibre to emit a pulse
  5. (of a horse) knock one foot against the fetlock of another leg.

late Middle English: from Old French s'entreferir ‘strike each other’, from entre- ‘between’ + ferir (from Latin ferire ‘to strike’).

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Hyphenation of interfering

in-ter-fer-ing

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
  • interfering is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

interfering synonyms

Meaning meddlesome:

meddlesome, meddling, officious, busy, busybodied

Meaning enter (a party or other gathering) without an invitation or ticket:

gatecrash

Meaning causing disruption or annoyance through being unwelcome or uninvited:

intrusive

Meaning put oneself deliberately into a place or situation where one is unwelcome or uninvited:

intruding

Meaning excessively interested in a person's private affairs; too inquisitive:

prying

Meaning inquiring closely into something; searching:

probing

Meaning pry into something:

nosy

Meaning having or showing an interest in learning things; curious:

inquisitive

Meaning a meddling or prying person:

busybody

Meaning the action of furtively trying to find out something, especially information about someone's private affairs:

snooping

Meaning overly inquisitive; nosy:

nebby

Meaning interference in something that is not one's concern:

intermeddling

Meaning noticeable or prominent in an unwelcome or intrusive way:

obtrusive

Meaning delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder:

impede

Meaning block (an opening, path, road, etc.); be or get in the way of:

obstruct

Meaning make it difficult for (someone) to do something or for (something) to happen:

hinder

Meaning hinder, restrain, or prevent (an action or process):

inhibit

Meaning put a limit on; keep under control:

restrict

Meaning prevent (someone or something) from doing something; keep under control or within limits:

restrain

Meaning compel or force (someone) to follow a particular course of action:

constrain

Meaning a basket with a carrying handle and a hinged lid, used for food, cutlery, and plates on a picnic:

hamper

Meaning act as an impediment to:

handicap

Meaning inhibit the development of:

cramp

Meaning examine (something) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something:

check

Meaning make the movement or flow in (a passage, pipe, road, etc.) difficult or impossible:

block

Meaning prevent (a plan or attempted action) from progressing, succeeding, or being fulfilled:

frustrate

Meaning prevent (someone) from accomplishing something:

thwart

Meaning hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking:

balk

Meaning interfere with the normal arrangement or functioning of:

disturb

Meaning interrupt (an event, activity, or process) by causing a disturbance or problem:

disrupt

Meaning have an influence on:

influence

Meaning have an effect on; make a difference to:

affect

Meaning make (someone) bewildered or perplexed:

confuse

Meaning deprive of freedom of action:

trammel

Meaning hamper or hinder:

cumber

Anagrams of interfering

interfinger

Words that rhyme with interfering

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