Obtrusive
[əb'truːsɪv] or [əb'trusɪv]
Definition
(adj.) sticking out; protruding .
(adj.) undesirably noticeable; 'the obtrusive behavior of a spoiled child'; 'equally obtrusive was the graffiti' .
Editor: Nettie--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Disposed to obtrude; inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others, or to enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive.
Edited by Carmella
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Intrusive, inclined to obtrude.
Editor: Rena
Examples
- Had I been obtrusive, I knew I should have encountered rebuff. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- This is a very obtrusive lad! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- All the time the absurd smooth, brown-ruddy face gave her an obtrusive 'glad-eye. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- There was an obtrusive show of compassionate zeal in his voice and manner, more intolerable--at least to me--than any demeanour he could have assumed. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Sir Leicester, avoiding, with some trouble those obtrusive sounds, says, True. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But he was positively obtrusive at this moment, and his dimpled hands were quite disagreeable. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Editor: Rena