Definition for Interfering:

• intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; " an interfering old woman"; " bustling about self- importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"; " busy about other people's business"

Synonyms for Interfering:

• adj.

  •busy (adjective)
  • forward,
  • snoopy,
  • butting in,
  • inquisitive,
  • stirring,
  • interfering,
  • pushy.
  •counteractive (adjective)
  • counter-productive,
  • counterproductive,
  • counter to.
  •curious (adjective)
  • interested,
  • Peeping,
  • prurient,
  • more interested,
  • puzzled,
  • searching,
  • Disquisitive,
  • investigative,
  • Scrutinizing,
  • Inspecting,
  • Examining,
  • analytical,
  • Peering,
  • inquiring,
  • questioning.
  •unsuitable (adjective)
  • infelicitous,
  • discrepant,
  • irrelevant,
  • unacceptable,
  • inadmissible,
  • inharmonious,
  • unsuited,
  • inadequate,
  • unfit,
  • senseless,
  • discordant,
  • ineligible,
  • inconsistent,
  • disparate,
  • undue,
  • ill-suited,
  • clashing,
  • inapt,
  • improper,
  • unseasonable,
  • incompatible,
  • unseemly,
  • unbecoming,
  • unbefitting,
  • jarring,
  • unmatched,
  • malapropos,
  • dissident,
  • dissonant,
  • disagreeable,
  • disproportionate.

• n.

  •
  • on someone's back,
  • dictatorial,
  • participate.

• v.

  •counteracting (verb)
  • Neutralizing,
  • offsetting,
  • tampering.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • autocratic,
  • prescriptive,
  • preachy,
  • bossy,
  • Interposing,
  • domineering,
  • overbearing.
  •
  • authoritative,
  • nagging.
  •
  • exacting,
  • magisterial.

Paraphrases for Interfering:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    interfere, meddling.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    intruding, impeding, tampering, meddling.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    interference.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    interference.
  • Proper noun, singular
    non-interference, interference.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    interference.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Injuring, Infringing, inhibiting, Influencing, Resisting, Disrupting, restricting, Impairing, insert, hindering, disturbing, ingesting, threatening, affecting, Violating, Jeopardizing, diminishing, inducing, invading, Endangering, Involving, Obstructing, destabilizing, constraining, offending, Curtailing, Preventing, jeopardising, conflicting, Contravening, Distorting, altering, Hampering, undermining, Harming, Detracting, stopping, impinging, hurting, discouraging, Refusing, Destroying, Responding, Precluding, entering, Suppressing, Materializing, dampening, engaging, weakening, thwarting, assigning, upsetting, Modifying, encroaching, prejudice, Prejudicing, Breaching, undercutting, Attaining, opposing, amend, Amending, Dedicating, eroding, trespassing, response, Sacrificing, compromising, Impacting, Stepping, Neglecting, speaking, damaging, Occurring, countering, sibling, allocating, striking, eating, Advocating, blocking, mixing, blending, Accomplishing, appearing, Objecting, Realizing, changing, owing, Earmarking, reaching, tapping, Chopping, attacking, challenging, Plaguing, jamming, causing, trying, acting, getting, falling, cut, cutting, Attempting.

Antonyms for Interfering:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    reclusive, hands-off, reticent, retiring, unintrusive, restrained, reserved, subdued, taciturn, inhibited, silent, quiet, unobtrusive, uninvolved, not intrusive, withdrawn.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    extrusive, protrusive.

Interfering Sentence Examples:

• Ralph promised that he would call, though he felt at the moment that Lady Eardham was an interfering old fool.

• He was angry at the major for interfering.