LekhoriLekhoriOf a person: overly assertive, bold, or domineering; pushy; also, ostentatious.
The office manager is an unpleasantly obtrusive individual.
Of a thing: noticeable or prominent, especially in a displeasing way.
He has an obtrusive forehead.
Protruding or sticking out, especially in a way that obstructs.
The facade of the building was ornamented with obtrusive sculpted designs.
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, sho...
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