obtrude

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to force oneself, one's opinions, or something else upon people where it is unwelcome

   He did not wish to obtrude his private grief on the celebration.

2. 2
   verb

   to become noticeable or present in an intrusive or unwelcome way

   Unpleasant memories continued to obtrude on her thoughts.

Multiword verbs with obtrude

• obtrude upon Prepositional verb C2

  to intrude on someone or something in an unwelcome way

Appears in

From Latin obtrudere ('to thrust toward or against'), formed from ob- ('toward, against') + trudere ('to thrust'). English developed both a transitive sense, forcing something upon another person, and an intransitive sense, becoming offensively prominent or intrusive.

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