to obtrude
1
9.1
- verb
- /əbˈtruːd/
:
interferir
- There is hence no "noninterventionist" way of obtaining these artifacts, since somewhere in the scheme power relations will obtrude, leading to the exploitation of the indigenous maker or owner of the object.
Examples
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Towards the end of part 1, inconsistencies in the daughter's version of the past obtrude themselves on the reader: the daughter accuses the mother of remaining unresponsive on the phone, but she does this herself in a "present-day" scene when she refuses to talk to her cousin Alex (27, 69-70).
Academic text (1994) -
Only with the epochal shift to modernity does the rhetoric of the image begin to obtrude itself.
Academic text (2006) -
I also firmly believe that under controlled conditions, as in classrooms or scholarly gatherings, P.C. should not be allowed to obtrude in any shape.
Academic text (1999) -
The incantatory repetition also causes the sound of the word to obtrude itself, further compromising its semantic function.
Academic text (2006) -
The day before, a jay presented itself on an eye-level branch, obtruding its incomparable colors of mild pink-gray and brilliant blue.
Academic text (2015) -
An individual who might have been received easily in ordinary social intercourse possesses a trait that can obtrude itself upon attention and turn those of us whom he meets away from him, breaking the claim that his other attributes have on us (p. 5).
Academic text (2007) -
However, the daily reality for the mass of dominated people under colonialism may be closer to that described in Joyce's work: the colonial power is always "there" in the background and only occasionally obtrudes itself, as in vice-regal cavalcades or in certain people's dependence upon that power for employment.
Academic text (1991) -
"Thou hast learned well, Anakha," Bhelliom said grudgingly, "but thine understanding of thy situation did never obtrude itself upon thy conscious thought where I could perceive it."
Fiction book (1993) -
She tried not to obtrude her opinions during the meeting, allowing others to speak freely.
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His loud laughter began to obtrude on the serious conversation we were having.
Synonyms
105
4.4
To go into a place or conversation where you are not welcome
77
4.1
To enter someone's space or private life without permission
41
6.7
To force something on someone, often against their will
27
7.3
To gradually move into someone else's area, space, or rights without permission
22
4.6
To go into someone's space or life without permission
6
7.7
To force someone or something into a space that is too small
5
8.2
To join a conversation or activity without being invited
2
6.8
To gradually move into someone's personal space, rights or privacy
1
7.3
To try to take part in other people's business without being asked
1
8.0
To get involved in other people's business when not wanted
1
7.9
To get involved in other people's business without being asked
To force yourself into someone's space or attention without being invited
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
How Intrusive
- Informal
59
5.5
1
9.1
105
4.4
- Informal
21
4.4
39
6.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
obtrude = ob + trude
The verb is formed from the Latin combining form 'trude' with prefix 'ob-'; 'trude' is not a standalone English word and the construction is a learned Latinism, so learners cannot reliably derive the meaning from its parts.
Etymology
The word obtrude comes from Latin parts ob- 'against' and trudere 'to push', the same root you see in intrude and protrude. So to obtrude is to 'push' yourself or something into a place or situation where you are not wanted.