intrusive
Syllables: in·tru·sive/ɪnˈtɹuːsɪv/
intrusive adjective: tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.
Adjective
intrusive (comparative more intrusive, superlative most intrusive)
- Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.
- Did it ever cross your mind that he might find all those questions you ask intrusive?
- Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.
- epenthetic
- Designating a type of collection in which each item keeps track of what collection it is in, rather than the more conventional approach of a collection keeping track of what items it contains. An intrusive collection does not "own" its contents and a single item can be part of multiple intrusive collections.
- an intrusive linked list
Noun
intrusive (plural intrusives)
intrusive meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
intrusive in Tamil
- ஊடுருவக் கூடிய
intrusive in Urdu
- دخل انداز, مخل
intrusive in Malayalam
- invasive, intruding, obtrusive
- അതിക്രമിച്ചുകടക്കുന്ന, അനുമതിയില്ലാതെ ചെല്ലുന്ന, കടന്നുകയറ്റം നടത്തുന്ന, അനുവാദമില്ലാതെ പ്രവേശിക്കുന്ന, വിളിക്കാതെ ചെല്ലുന്ന, വലിഞ്ഞുകയറുന്ന
- prominent, invasive, high-profile
- പടർന്നുപിടിക്കുന്ന, ബഹുുജനശ്രദ്ധ ആകർഷിക്കുന്ന, പ്രമുഖമായ, ജനവികാരം ഇളക്കുന്ന
- personal, prying, forward
- സ്വകാര്യതയെ ആക്രമിക്കുന്ന, വ്യക്തിപരമായ, വകതിരിവില്ലാത്ത, സ്വകാര്യതയിലിടപെടുന്ന, തുറന്നടിച്ചുള്ള, മര്യാദയില്ലാത്ത
Examples of intrusive in a sentence
- Our organisation sent us laptops to work from home, but it has some very intrusive bossware installed on it.
- The volus mostly seemed to consider the question both intrusive and hilariously irrelevant.
- Yes, the point was to raise awareness about the intrusive, unjust Stop Online Piracy act.
Synonyms of intrusive
Antonyms
Forms of intrusive
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more intrusive |
| superlative | most intrusive |
| Noun | |
| plural | intrusives |
Origin of intrusive
Back-formation from intrusion, + -ive.
Words formed from intrusive
Phrases with intrusive
Questions about intrusive
- What does intrusive mean?
- Intrusive means tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.
- What is intrusive in Tamil?
- Intrusive in Tamil is ஊடுருவக் கூடிய. See Intrusive meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is intrusive?
- Intrusive can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce intrusive?
- Intrusive is pronounced /ɪnˈtɹuːsɪv/.
Words near intrusive in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: intrusive (page history and authors); intrusive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intrusive (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intrusive (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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