intrude
/ɪnˈtɹuːd/
intrude verb: to thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass.
Verb
intrude (third-person singular simple present intrudes, present participle intruding, simple past and past participle intruded)
- To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass.
- to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another
- The noise of machinery intruded on an otherwise quiet morning.
- Synonyms:
- barge in
- To force in.
intrude meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
intrude in Hindi
- to intrude, enter forcibly, barge in, break in, infiltrate
- घुसना ghusnā
intrude in Tamil
- ஊடுருவு, அத்துமீறி நுழை
intrude in Marathi
- to intrude
- घुसणे ghusṇe
intrude in Urdu
- to intrude, break in
- گھسنا ghusnā
More languagesFewer languages
- intrude in Bengali
- অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা, অনাহূতভাবে ঢোকা
- intrude in Telugu
- చొరబడు corabaḍu
- intrude in Malayalam
- ക്ഷണിക്കാതെ കടന്നുചെല്ലുക, അനുവാദം കൂടാതെ കടക്കുക, വലിഞ്ഞുകയറിച്ചെല്ലുക
- intrude in Kannada
- ಒಳಕ್ಕೆ ತುರುಕು, ನೂಕು, ತಳ್ಳು, ಹೇಳದೆ ಕೇಳದೆ ನುಗ್ಗು
- intrude in Punjabi
- وڑنا vaṛnā
- intrude in Arabic
- تَطَفَّلَ taṭaffala, تَدَخَّلَ tadaḵḵala
- intrude in Indonesian
- menyusup
- intrude in Vietnamese
- xâm phạm
Examples of intrude in a sentence
- I tried to concentrate on the matter in hand, but spurious thoughts kept intruding.
- Dikes may be discordant to country rock if they intrude at a high angle to the bedding.
- He walked down the street with a jaunty swaggering step, as if daring others less perfectly satisfied to intrude upon his good mood.
Synonyms of intrude
Forms of intrude
| third-person singular present | intrudes |
|---|---|
| present participle | intruding |
| past participle | intruded |
| past | intruded |
Origin of intrude
From Latin intrudere, from in- + trudere (“to thrust”).
Words formed from intrude
Words that rhyme with intrude
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- lewd
- rood
- snood
- Jude
- denude
- extrude
- exude
- feud
- nude
- obtrude
- reclude
- stewed
- subdued
- transclude
- abrood
- delude
- hewed
- oud
- pood
- screwed
- seclude
- skewed
- strewed
- thewed
- you'd
- 'tude
- ablude
- abstrude
- accrued
- allude
- blued
- boo'd
- booed
- brewed
- Bude
- chewed
- chud
- clued
- collude
- construed
- cooed
- crewed
- cued
- debuted
- dzud
- fod
- frood
- glued
Questions about intrude
- What does intrude mean?
- Intrude means to thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass.
- What is intrude in Hindi?
- Intrude in Hindi is घुसना (ghusnā). See Intrude meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is intrude?
- Intrude is a verb.
- How do you pronounce intrude?
- Intrude is pronounced /ɪnˈtɹuːd/.
- What is the past tense of intrude?
- The past tense of intrude is intruded.
Words near intrude in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: intrude (page history and authors); घुसना (Hindi) (page history and authors); intrude (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); घुसणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); گھسنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); Intrude (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intrude (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intrude (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); وڑنا (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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