What does intruding mean?
Intruding means present participle and gerund of intrude.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of intrude.
[…] he rose and adjusted his alarm-clock, so that it would emphatically repeat the hour of five. Then to bed again, and driving off all intrudings of thoughtfulness, and resolutely bending himself to slumber, he by-and-by fell into its […] arms.
Use intruding when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Intruding means present participle and gerund of intrude.
Common synonyms include intrusive.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] he rose and adjusted his alarm-clock, so that it would emphatically repeat the hour of five. Then to bed again, and driving off all intrudings of thoughtfulness, and resolutely bending himself to slumber, he by-and-by fell into its […] arms.
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