Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: obtrusive
IPA transcription: [əbtɹ'usɪv]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: obtrusive
    Meaning: sticking out; protruding
  • Synonyms: obtrusive, noticeable
    Meaning: undesirably noticeable; "the obtrusive behavior of a spoiled child"; "equally obtrusive was the graffiti"
Usage examples
  • The obvious result is a mechanical use of the bodily activities which (in spite of the generally obtrusive and interfering character of the body in mental action) have to be employed more or less.
  • Here the hand of taste was conspicuous though not obtrusive, and formed a contrast with another abode in the same neighbourhood, on which much money had been lavished; where Italian colonnades were placed to excite the wonder of the rude crags, and a stone staircase, to threaten with destruction a wooden house.