obtrusive

[ uhb-troo-siv ]

/ əbˈtru sɪv /

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adjective

having or showing a disposition to obtrude, as by imposing oneself or one's opinions on others.

(of a thing) obtruding itself: an obtrusive error.

protruding; projecting.

OTHER WORDS FOR obtrusive

1 interfering, meddlesome, officious, presumptuous.

2 blatant.

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Origin of obtrusive

1660–70; <Latin obtrūs(us) (see obtrusion) + -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM obtrusive

ob·tru·sive·ly, adverbob·tru·sive·ness, nounhy·per·ob·tru·sive, adjectivehy·per·ob·tru·sive·ly, adverb

hy·per·ob·tru·sive·ness, nounpre·ob·tru·sive, adjective

Words nearby obtrusive

obtect, obtemper, obtest, obtrude, obtrusion, obtrusive, obtund, obtunded, obturate, obturating embolism, obturator

How to use obtrusive in a sentence

First, though, they will have to get much more accurate and far less obtrusive.
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The heating modules of the best heated socks will add a bit of volume, but they don’t have to be obtrusive.
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I will not say that he never showed himself dogmatic and ill-informed, but he was no longer obtrusive and uncharitable.
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In the east this was so common an act of hospitality, that the question did not appear strange, or the request obtrusive.
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The breezy geniality of their shipboard acquaintance did not strike Harry as officious or obtrusive now.
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Yet the accent was frankly Northern, and the diction free from any obtrusive elegance or trace of pedantry.
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This obtrusive jog was certainly very ugly; and it was impossible to conceive of any reason for it.
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British Dictionary definitions for obtrusive

obtrusive

/ (əbˈtruːsɪv) /

adjective

obtruding or tending to obtrude

sticking out; protruding; noticeable

Derived forms of obtrusive

obtrusively, adverbobtrusiveness, noun

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