Intrude
[ɪn'truːd] or [ɪn'trʊd]
Definition
(verb.) thrust oneself in as if by force; 'The colors don't intrude on the viewer'.
(verb.) enter uninvited; 'They intruded on our dinner party'; 'She irrupted into our sitting room'.
(verb.) search or inquire in a meddlesome way; 'This guy is always nosing around the office'.
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Definition
(v. i.) To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass; as, to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another.
(v. t.) To thrust or force (something) in or upon; especially, to force (one's self) in without leave or welcome; as, to intrude one's presence into a conference; to intrude one's opinions upon another.
(v. t.) To enter by force; to invade.
(v. t.) The cause to enter or force a way, as into the crevices of rocks.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Obtrude, force one's self, thrust one's self, enter where one is not welcome.[2]. Encroach, trench, infringe, trespass.
v. a. Obtrude, force in, thrust in, press in, foist in, worm in.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See INTERFERE]
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Definition
v.i. to thrust one's self in: to enter uninvited or unwelcome.—v.t. to force in.—ns. Intrud′er; Intru′sion act of intruding or of entering into a place without welcome or invitation: encroachment: a pushing in an abnormal irruption esp. in geology of such rocks as have come up from below into another rock or series of beds; Intru′sionist one who intrudes esp. one of those who before the Scotch Disruption of 1843 refused a parish the right of objecting to the settlement of an obnoxious minister by a patron:—opp. to Non-intrusionist.—adj. Intru′sive tending or apt to intrude: entering without welcome or right.—adv. Intru′sively.—n. Intru′siveness.
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Examples
- After remaining in thought a minute he added gently, I will not intrude upon you longer. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I did not, said Worcester, half indignantly, I did not know that I was quite a fool; and at all events, I shall not intrude my folly on you if I am. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Who can follow an animal which can traverse the sea of ice, and inhabit caves and dens, where no man would venture to intrude? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Painful recollections will intrude which cannot, which ought not, to be repelled. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Not to intrude on the sacred mysteries of medicine, he took it, now (with the jury droop and persuasive eye-glass), that this was Merdle's case? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- But self, though it would intrude, could not engross her. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I shall not intrude upon them--I shall go straight home. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Cautiously he intruded his hand between the meshes of the lattice until his whole arm was within the cabin. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I should not have intruded it upon your attention had you not shown some incredulity the other day. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The room in which he sat was very sacred ground to her; she seldom intruded on it; and to-night she kept aloof till the bell rang for prayers. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- If they had not asked me, I would no more have intruded on them than I'd have gone to the mess at the barracks without invitation. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- To be intruded on Robert thus, against her will and his expectation, and when he evidently would rather not be delayed, keenly annoyed her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The question intruded itself: Which bore the blessed Saviour, and which the thieves? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- My happiness was now of a nature too pure to be trifled with, and I know I could not endure to have it intruded on by any commonplace remarks. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Lady Castlereagh does the same thing; but nobody ever thinks of intruding their society on me here. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Foreign capitals are every day intruding themselves, if I may say so, more and more into the trade of Cadiz and Lisbon. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The former is then thought to be purely intellectual and cognitive; the latter to be an irrelevant and intruding physical factor. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He comes now, apologizing for intruding, even by her permission, while she is at table. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In the meantime, I must throw myself on your honour and kindness, as to your idea of intruding your society on me in Devonshire. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The barmaid called to her master, and warned him that strangers were intruding themselves into the house. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Pardon me for intruding on your reflections, I said to the unsuspecting Mr. Bruff. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Every now and then my glove purchase in Gibraltar last night intrudes itself upon me. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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