obstrusive
obstrusive is the misspelling of obtrusive.
Meaning of obtrusive
Adjective
obtrusive (comparative more obtrusive, superlative most obtrusive)
- Of a person: overly assertive, bold, or domineering; pushy; also, ostentatious.
- The office manager is an unpleasantly obtrusive individual.
- Synonyms:
- intrusive, overassertive, overbearing, sharp-elbowed, authoritarian, autocratic, bossy, coercive, commanding, controlling
- Antonyms:
- inobtrusive, nonobtrusive, unobtrusive
- Of a thing: noticeable or prominent, especially in a displeasing way.
- He has an obtrusive forehead.
- Synonyms:
- in-your-face, ostentatious
- Antonyms:
- discreet, inobtrusive, nonobtrusive, unobtrusive
- Protruding or sticking out, especially in a way that obstructs.
- The facade of the building was ornamented with obtrusive sculpted designs.
- Synonyms:
- bulging, jutting, exserted, extuberant, outstanding, projecting, projectory, prominent, promontorial, protruding
- Antonyms:
- inobtrusive, nonobtrusive, unobtrusive
Adjective
obstrusive (comparative more obstrusive, superlative most obstrusive)
- Abstruse.
- Pericles Son of Xantippus being instructed by Anaxagoras, could easily reduce the exercise of his mind from secret obstrusive things to publick popular causes.1655, Thomas Stanley, “Anaxagoras”, in The history of philosophy, London
- If so, how is it possible for a teleological question to elicit fruitful research and for the teleological answers to the same question to be unenlightening and even obstrusive?2012 [1967], Mario Bunge, Scientific Research II: The Search for Truth, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, →ISBN, 9.2.9, page 17
Forms of obstrusive
| comparative | more obstrusive |
|---|---|
| superlative | most obstrusive |
Origin of obstrusive
From obstruse + -ive. Compare abstruse, abstrusive.
Questions about obstrusive
- What does obstrusive mean?
- Obstrusive means abstruse.
- What is obstrusive the misspelling of?
- Obstrusive is the misspelling of obtrusive.
- What part of speech is obstrusive?
- Obstrusive is an adjective.
Words near obstrusive in the dictionary
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