Meaning

4 senses
  1. 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?

    aufdringlich

    навя́зчивыйnavjázčivyj, назо́йливыйnazójlivyj, вторга́ющийсяvtorgájuščijsja

    tending to intrude (especially upon privacy)

  2. Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.

    intrusiv

    интрузи́вныйintruzívnyj

    of rock material; forced while molten into cracks between layers of other rock

  3. Epenthetic

  4. 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

Examples

13 sentences
  1. I let the intrusive thoughts win.

  2. Miroslav apologized for being intrusive at the beginning.

  3. How effective is hypnosis in getting rid of intrusive ideas?

    ruНасколько эффективно избавление от навязчивых идей при помощи гипноза? — Ivanovb

  4. How effective is hypnosis in getting rid of intrusive ideation?

    ruНасколько эффективно избавление от навязчивых идей при помощи гипноза? — Ivanovb

  5. He is very intrusive; he keeps interfering in people's affairs.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
tending to intrude:
forced between layers of rocks:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
tending to intrude:
forced between layers of rocks:

Origin

Back-formation from intrusion, + -ive.

Back-formation from intrusion, + -ive.

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Forms

more intrusive, most intrusive
Comparativemore intrusive Lesson
Superlativemost intrusive Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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