interfering
Meaning of interfering
adjective
- (of a person) tending to interfere in other people's affairs.
interfering busybodies
- intervene in a situation without invitation or necessity.
you promised not to interfere
she tried not to interfere in her children's lives
- prevent (a process or activity) from continuing or being carried out properly.
a holiday job would interfere with his studies
- handle or adjust (something) without permission, especially so as to cause damage.
he admitted interfering with a van
- (of light or other electromagnetic waveforms) interact to produce interference.
light pulses interfere constructively in a fibre to emit a pulse
- (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:
Meaning causing disruption or annoyance through being unwelcome or uninvited:
Meaning put oneself deliberately into a place or situation where one is unwelcome or uninvited:
Meaning excessively interested in a person's private affairs; too inquisitive:
Meaning inquiring closely into something; searching:
Meaning pry into something:
Meaning having or showing an interest in learning things; curious:
Meaning a meddling or prying person:
Meaning the action of furtively trying to find out something, especially information about someone's private affairs:
Meaning overly inquisitive; nosy:
Meaning interference in something that is not one's concern:
Meaning noticeable or prominent in an unwelcome or intrusive way:
Meaning delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder:
Meaning block (an opening, path, road, etc.); be or get in the way of:
Meaning make it difficult for (someone) to do something or for (something) to happen:
Meaning hinder, restrain, or prevent (an action or process):
Meaning put a limit on; keep under control:
Meaning prevent (someone or something) from doing something; keep under control or within limits:
Meaning compel or force (someone) to follow a particular course of action:
Meaning a basket with a carrying handle and a hinged lid, used for food, cutlery, and plates on a picnic:
Meaning act as an impediment to:
Meaning inhibit the development of:
Meaning examine (something) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something:
Meaning make the movement or flow in (a passage, pipe, road, etc.) difficult or impossible:
Meaning prevent (a plan or attempted action) from progressing, succeeding, or being fulfilled:
Meaning prevent (someone) from accomplishing something:
Meaning hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking:
Meaning interfere with the normal arrangement or functioning of:
Meaning interrupt (an event, activity, or process) by causing a disturbance or problem:
Meaning have an influence on:
Meaning have an effect on; make a difference to:
Meaning make (someone) bewildered or perplexed:
Meaning deprive of freedom of action:
Meaning hamper or hinder:
Anagrams of interfering
Words that rhyme with interfering
Ring, ring, Baring, Dearing, Spearing, Waring, Wearing, Zearing, abearing, afearing, affearing, afterhearing, anearing, appearing, ashlaring, backbearing, baring, bearing, beggaring, besmearing, bevaring, bewaring, blaring, blearing, burglaring, calendaring, caring, cellaring, charing, cheddaring, cheeseparing, childbearing, chivaring, clearing, coappearing, collaring, comparing, compearing, daring, dearing, declaring, dellaring, desugaring, disappearing, dogearing, drearing, earing, emparing, endearing, ensearing
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