obtruded
past simple and past participle ofobtrude
obtrude
verb[IorT]
formaluk/əbˈtruːd/us/əbˈtruːd/(especiallyof somethingunwanted) to make something or tobecometoonoticeable,especiallybyinterrupting:
I don'twantto obtrudeupon/onherprivacy.
Interrupting & preventing from speaking
- barge
- belt up
- blurtsomethingout
- breaksomeonein
- butt in
- chime
- chip(something)in
- cut the crap!idiom
- horn in
- interpolation
- interrupt
- interruption
- mike check
- nobble
- not get a word in edgewaysidiom
- obtrude
- shutyourmouth/faceidiom
- speak
- strike
- waylay
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Apparent and obvious
Examplesofobtruded
obtruded
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
He never concealed it, and he neverobtrudedit.
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We do not want any financial interest beingobtrudedinto this great service.
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It has been the most striking feature of this inquiry to find how little the effects of hemp drugs haveobtrudedthemselves on observation.
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Such publicity has, in fact, been continuous throughout the war, and few will complain that this island hasobtrudeditself unduly.
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He was one of the most modest of men, and he neverobtrudedhis views on matters with which he was not fully acquainted.
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In some police areas no proceedings are commenced unless the complaint or offence hasobtrudeditself on the notice of the police by clear breach of public order or decency.
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She could not dwell on the thoughts, the wishes whichobtrudedthemselves.
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- state-monopoly
- state occasion
- state-occasion
- state of anxiety
- state of consciousness
- state of denial
- state of emergency
- state-of-emergency
- state official
- state of flux
- state of matter
- state-of-matter
- state of mind
- state-of-mind
- state of preservation
- state of readiness
- state of siege
- state-of-the-art
- state-of-the-art
- state-of-the-art equipment
- state-of-the-art facility
- state-of-the-art sound
- stealth bomber
- stealth-bomber
- stealth capability