pushy

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pushy

/ˈpʊʃ.i/ Australia, UK, US

Sounds like pushie · Rhymes with -ʊʃi

adjective pushier · pushiest

Overly assertive, bold, or determined; aggressively ambitious. Pushy parents 'ruin sports days'
Similar: obtrusive, sharp-elbowed · Opposite: unpushy

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Closest in meaning: enterprising, pushful, ambitious, aggressive, pushing, undue, excessive, insistent, persistent, shameless, obtrusive, bumptious, sharp-elbowed, overbearing, overassertive, thrustful

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adj overly assertive, bold, or determined

Español	prepotente, avasallador, empujador, empujante
日本語	押し付けがましい oshitsukegamashii
Français	ambitieux, arriviste
Deutsch	aggressiv, aufdringlich, zudringlich
Русский	назо́йливый nazójlivyj, насты́рный nastýrnyj, напористый naporistyj

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@misc{pushy_2026,
  title = {pushy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pushy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}