intrusive
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intrusive
- /ɪnˈtɹuːsɪv/
Where it comes from
Back-formation from intrusion, + -ive.
adjective more intrusive · most intrusive
- Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome. Did it ever cross your mind that he might find all those questions you ask intrusive?
- Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.
- Epenthetic.
- Designating a type of collection in which each item keeps track of what collection it is in, rather than the more conventional approach of a collection keeping track of what items it contains. An intrusive collection does not "own" its contents and a single item can be part of multiple intrusive collections. an intrusive linked list
Similar: unwelcome, uninvited, disturbing, interrupting · Opposite: unintrusive
noun intrusives
- An igneous rock that is forced, while molten, into cracks or between other layers of rock
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: intruding, invasive, encroaching, trespassing, interfering, meddlesome, meddling, irruptive, busy, eruptive, officious, plutonic, busybodied, interference, obtrusive, aggressive
adjective
Similar: unwelcome, uninvited, disturbing, interrupting · Opposite: unintrusive
Translations
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adj tending to intrude
| Español | intruso, intrusivo, zampón, intrusista |
|---|---|
| Português | intrusivo |
| Français | intrusif |
| Deutsch | aufdringlich |
| Русский | навя́зчивый navjázčivyj, назо́йливый nazójlivyj, вторга́ющийся vtorgájuščijsja |
| עברית | התערב |
adj forced between layers of rocks
| Deutsch | intrusiv |
|---|---|
| Русский | интрузи́вный intruzívnyj |
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title = {intrusive},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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