obtrusive
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Definition of obtrusive
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
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(figuratively)Of a person: overly assertive, bold, or domineering; pushy; also, ostentatious.
“The office manager is an unpleasantly obtrusive individual.”
“Her vertue and the conſcience of her worth, / That would be woo'd, and not unfought be won, / Not obvious, not obtruſive, but retir'd, / The more deſirable, […]”
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adj
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(figuratively)Of a person: overly assertive, bold, or domineering; pushy; also, ostentatious.
“The office manager is an unpleasantly obtrusive individual.”
“Her vertue and the conſcience of her worth, / That would be woo'd, and not unfought be won, / Not obvious, not obtruſive, but retir'd, / The more deſirable, […]”
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(figuratively)Of a thing: noticeable or prominent, especially in a displeasing way.
“He has an obtrusive forehead.”
“Thus it was that, year by year, Boss McGinty's diamond pins became more obtrusive, his gold chains more weighty across a more gorgeous vest, and his saloon stretched farther and farther, until it threatened to absorb one whole side of the Market Square.”
“But there was a third principal in this primitive drama, the wife of Essenden, a woman of great energy, great possessiveness and obtrusive helpfulness.”
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(obsolete)Protruding or sticking out, especially in a way that obstructs.
“The facade of the building was ornamented with obtrusive sculpted designs.”
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Etymology
PIE word *h₁epi From Latin obtrūsus + English -ive (suffix meaning ‘of the nature of’, forming adjectives). Obtrūsus is the perfect passive participle of obtrūdō, a variant of obstrūdō (“to…
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PIE word *h₁epi From Latin obtrūsus + English -ive (suffix meaning ‘of the nature of’, forming adjectives). Obtrūsus is the perfect passive participle of obtrūdō, a variant of obstrūdō (“to push, shove, or thrust against or into”), from ob- (prefix meaning ‘against; towards’) + trūdō (“to push, shove, or thrust”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to push; to thrust”)).
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