obtrusive

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14
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17
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9
Pronunciation
/əbˈtɹuːsɪv/
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/əbˈtɹuːsɪv/ · /ɒb-/ · /əbˈtɹusɪv/ · /ɑb-/

Definition of obtrusive

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (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

  1. (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, […]”
  2. (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.”
  3. (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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