obtrude
Collocations
5ADJ.
hard, own, serious
VERB + OBTRUDE
caused, tended
OBTRUDE + NOUN
facts, himself, meetings, sorrow
PREP.
into, upon, with
ADV.
such
Definitions
verb
To proffer (something) by force; to impose (something) on someone or into some area.
By which we may see, that they who are not called to Counsell, can have no good Counsell in such cases to obtrude.
It was unusual with Margaret to obtrude her own subject of conversation on others; but, in this case, she was so anxious to prevent Mr. Thornton from feeling annoyance at the words he had accidentally overheard, that it was not until she had done speaking that she coloured all over with consciousness […]
To become apparent in an unwelcome way, to be forcibly imposed; to jut in, to intrude (on or into).
How you can bear such recollections, is astonishing to me!—They will sometimes obtrude—but how you can court them!
Sometimes I dreamed strangely of disturbed earth, and of hair, still golden and living, obtruded through the coffin-chinks.
To impose (oneself) on others; to cut in.
She obtruded herself upon the Queen; she protested her party views; she asked for petty favours, and attributed the refusals to the influence of Abigail.
This scarcity of knowledge also obtruded itself in 1998, when three scientists in Wales published a report called "What Sort of Men Take Garlic Preparations?"
Thesaurus
Synonyms
verb — thrust oneself in as if by force
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6By which we may see, that they who are not called to Counsell, can have no good Counsell in such cases to obtrude.
WiktionaryIt was unusual with Margaret to obtrude her own subject of conversation on others; but, in this case, she was so anxious to prevent Mr. Thornton from feeling annoyance at the words he had accidentally
WiktionaryThe prospect of people writing PhD theses that obtrude hard facts into the question of whether it's a) grim or b) nice up north is naturally worrying to all those of us who like to shout about those m
WiktionaryDo not obtrude upon her sorrow.
Tatoeba · #317768They resented how his unctuous flattery tended to obtrude into serious meetings.
Tatoeba · #13562106His need to aggrandize his accomplishments caused him to obtrude himself into every conversation.
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