Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To impose (oneself or one's ideas) on others with undue insistence or without invitation.
- v. To thrust out; push forward.
- v. To impose oneself on others.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To thrust prominently forward; especially, to thrust forward with undue prominence or importunity, or without solicitation; force forward or upon any one: often reflexive: as, to obtrude one's self or one's opinions upon a person's notice.
- Synonyms Intrude, Obtrude. See intrude.
- To be thrust or to thrust one's self prominently into notice, especially in an unwelcome manner; intrude.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To thrust impertinently; to present to a person without warrant or solicitation.
- v. To offer with unreasonable importunity; to urge unduly or against the will.
- v. To thrust one's self upon a company or upon attention; to intrude.
WordNet 3.0
- v. thrust oneself in as if by force
- v. push to thrust outward
Etymologies
- From Latin obtrūdō ("thrust off or against"), from ob- ("ob-") + trūdō ("thrust"). (Wiktionary)
- Latin obtrūdere : ob-, against; see ob- + trūdere, to thrust; see treud- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“A mere resumé of the topics discussed in these essays is enough to make the two horns of the dilemma obtrude themselves.”
“I've decided to use the word "obtrude" more, because I'm reading a book that keeps using the word.”
“Because alone perhaps among the writers of the genre and the time, Ransome never lets the adult world, viewpoint, superiority obtrude.”
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““The materialist who is convinced that all phenomena arise from electrons and quanta and the like controlled by mathematical formulae, must presumably hold that his wife is a rather elaborate differential equation; but he is probably tactful enough not to obtrude this opinion in domestic life.””
“When I promised myself the pleasure of meeting with you at Clare Hall I undoubtedly meant what I said but who shall say exactly what the obstacles may be that may obtrude themselves between the wish and the accomplishment!”
“He controlled himself, he knew not why, save that he was possessed by a nebulous awareness that Skipper must be considered as a god should be considered, and that this was no time to obtrude himself on Skipper.”
“As a general point of order: If you assume people are not qualified to enter into your theological argument, why do you obtrude it into a different discussion?”
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“But for Branch another problem of principle started to obtrude itself at once.”
“In Heidegger's philosophy, people will resist imperfect equipment, especially when its faults obtrude upon their interactions with the world.”
“I have experienced obtrude arguments with others that blog on to CNN over this topic...”
Lists
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
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Familiar
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SAT Words
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
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Philosophic , etymology
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big book gre
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Extrude
tchotchke, lugubrious, inspissated, fissiparous, vituperation, quondam, absolutisation, artisanal, funicular, sacerdotal, abstruse, circumspect and 38 more...
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SAT Words
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Just 'cause I like 'em, O
opacity, opaline, olfactory, orthoepy, orthoepy, oleaginous, obloquy, oasitic, obtrude, orthotic, overweening, ostinato and 125 more...
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Studying
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heart of darkness
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Words. Just words.
Our chief weapons are words, that's all. Just words. Only words, not justly words, that is.
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troopie To force or impose (one's self, remarks, opinions, etc.) on others with undue insistence or without solicitation.
Moreover, crime is something which the citizen is happy to forget when it does not obtrude itself into public consciousness.
-- "Voting On Crime", Irish Times, May 30, 1997
For the next few months, Polidori continued to obtrude himself on Byron's attention in every possible way -- popping into every conversation, sulking when he was ignored, challenging Percy Bysshe Shelley to a duel, attacking an apothecary and getting arrested "accidentally" banging his employer on the knee with an oar and saying he wasn't sorry -- until finally Byron dismissed him.
-- Angeline Goreau, "Physician, Behave Thyself", New York Times, September 3, 1989
He was, in his relationships with his few close friends, a considerate, delightful, sensitive, helpful, unpretentious person who did not obtrude his social and political views, nor make agreeing with them a condition of steadfast friendship.
-- Alden Whitman, "Daring Lindbergh Attained the Unattainable With Historic Flight Across Atlantic", New York Times, August 27, 1974
And, as is common in books sewn together from previously published essays, certain redundancies obtrude.
-- Maxine Kumin, "First, Perfect Fear; Then, Universal Love", New York Times, October 17, 1993
Obtrude is from Latin obtrudere, "to thrust upon, to force," from ob, "in front of, before" + trudere, "to push, to thrust." May 19, 2008