obtrusive
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Is obtrusive a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (figurative)Examples: "The office manager is an unpleasantly obtrusive individual."; "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, […]"Synonyms: intrusive, overassertive, overbearing, sharp-elbowed, authoritarian, autocratic, bossy, coerciveAntonyms: inobtrusive, nonobtrusive, unobtrusivefiguratively
2. (figurative)Examples: "He has an obtrusive forehead."; "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."; "But there was a third principal in this primitive drama, the wife of Essenden, a woman of great energy, great possessiveness and obtrusive helpfulness."Synonyms: in-your-face, ostentatiousAntonyms: inobtrusive, nonobtrusive, unobtrusivefiguratively
3. (obsolete) Protruding or sticking out, especially in a way that obstructs.Examples: "The facade of the building was ornamented with obtrusive sculpted designs."Synonyms: bulging, juttingAntonyms: inobtrusive, nonobtrusive, unobtrusiveobsolete
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