# obtrusive
## English
### 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 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”)).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /əbˈtɹuːsɪv/, /ɒb-/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /əbˈtɹusɪv/, /ɑb-/
* Rhymes: -uːsɪv
* Hyphenation: ob‧trus‧ive

### Adjective

obtrusive (comparative more obtrusive, superlative most obtrusive)
* (figurative)
** Of a person: overly assertive, bold, or domineering; pushy; also, ostentatious.
    Synonyms: intrusive, overassertive, overbearing, sharp-elbowed; see also Thesaurus:bossy
    Antonyms: inobtrusive, nonobtrusive, unobtrusive
    The office manager is an unpleasantly obtrusive individual.
*** 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 1139–1142: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, […]
** Of a thing: noticeable or prominent, especially in a displeasing way.
    Synonyms: in-your-face, ostentatious
    Antonyms: inobtrusive, nonobtrusive, unobtrusive
    He has an obtrusive forehead.
*** 1914 September – 1915 May, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Bodymaster”, in The Valley of Fear: A Sherlock Holmes Novel, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, published 27 February 1915, →OCLC, part II (The Scowrers), pages 194–195: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.
*** 1933 September, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “Melodramatic Interlude”, in The Shape of Things to Come, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, 4th book (The Modern State Militant), page 338:But there was a third principal in this primitive drama, the wife of Essenden, a woman of great energy, great possessiveness and obtrusive helpfulness.
* (obsolete) Protruding or sticking out, especially in a way that obstructs.
    Synonyms: bulging, jutting
    Antonyms: inobtrusive, nonobtrusive, unobtrusive
    The facade of the building was ornamented with obtrusive sculpted designs.

#### Hyponyms

* hyperobtrusive
* semiobtrusive

#### Derived terms

* hyperobtrusive
* inobtrusive
* inobtrusively
* inobtrusiveness
* nonobtrusive
* obtrusively
* obtrusiveness
* semiobtrusive
* unobtrusive
* unobtrusively
* unobtrusiveness

#### Related terms

* detrude (obsolete)
* extrude
* intrude
* obtrude
* retrude

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ Compare “obtrusive, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, July 2023; “obtrusive, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

## Italian
### Adjective

obtrusive
* feminine plural of obtrusivo