obtrusive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əbˈtɹuːsɪv/
ipa: /ɒb-/
ipa: /əbˈtɹusɪv/
ipa: /ɑb-/
rhymes: -uːsɪv
Forms: form: more obtrusive
form: most obtrusive
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”)).
Senses: examples: text: The office manager is an unpleasantly obtrusive individual.
text: 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, […]
ref: 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:
synonyms: word: intrusive
word: overassertive
word: overbearing
word: sharp-elbowed
word: authoritarian
word: autocratic
word: bossy
word: coercive
word: commanding
word: controlling
word: demanding
word: despotic
word: dictatorial
word: dominant
word: domineering
word: forceful
word: harsh
word: heavy-handed
word: iron-fisted
word: iron-handed
word: monocratic
word: obtrusive
word: oppressive
word: overbearing
word: strict
word: tyrannical
antonyms: inobtrusive
nonobtrusive
unobtrusive
glosses: Of a person: overly assertive, bold, or domineering; pushy; also, ostentatious.
examples: text: He has an obtrusive forehead.
text: 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.
ref: 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:
text: But there was a third principal in this primitive drama, the wife of Essenden, a woman of great energy, great possessiveness and obtrusive helpfulness.
ref: 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:
synonyms: in-your-face
ostentatious
antonyms: inobtrusive
nonobtrusive
unobtrusive
glosses: Of a thing: noticeable or prominent, especially in a displeasing way.
examples: text: The facade of the building was ornamented with obtrusive sculpted designs.
synonyms: bulging
jutting
antonyms: inobtrusive
nonobtrusive
unobtrusive
glosses: Protruding or sticking out, especially in a way that obstructs.
Hyponyms: hyperobtrusive
semiobtrusive
Derived terms: hyperobtrusive
inobtrusive
inobtrusively
inobtrusiveness
nonobtrusive
obtrusively
obtrusiveness
semiobtrusive
unobtrusive
unobtrusively
unobtrusiveness
Related terms: word: detrude
word: extrude
word: intrude
word: obtrude
word: retrude