Obtrude
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əbˈtɹuːd/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Obtrude is a verb meaning (transitive) To proffer (something) by force; to impose (something) on someone or into some area.
Meaning
(transitive) To proffer (something) by force; to impose (something) on someone or into some area.
More Meanings
- (intransitive) To become apparent in an unwelcome way, to be forcibly imposed; to jut in, to intrude (on or into).
- (reflexive) To impose (oneself) on others; to cut in.
Example Sentences
In such a very chronological book, though, small anachronisms do obtrude.
It was not only the police but the palace which obtruded on a home secretary's life.
By which we may see, that they who are not called to Counsell, can have no good Counsell in such cases to obtrude.
How you can bear such recollections, is astonishing to me!—They will sometimes obtrude—but how you can court them!
Word Forms
- obtrudes
- obtruding
- obtruded
Synonyms for obtrude
Depending on context, synonyms include intrude.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include intrude, protrude, intertrude, thrust, impose, urge.
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